The microrheology of sickle hemoglobin gels

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1149-1156

  Zakharov, Mikhail N ^a,c   Aprelev, Alexey ^a   Turner, Matthew S ^b   Ferrone, Frank A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 77958190233     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.04.079     Document Type: Article

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