Cancer cell stiffness: Integrated roles of three-dimensional matrix stiffness and transforming potential

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2048-2057

  Baker, Erin L ^a   Lu, Jing ^b   Yu, Dihua ^b   Bonnecaze, Roger T ^a   Zaman, Muhammad H ^c,d  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 77958451884     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.07.051     Document Type: Article

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