Engineered materials and the cellular microenvironment: A strengthening interface between cell biology and bioengineering

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 705-714

  Choi, Colin K ^a   Breckenridge, Mark T ^a   Chen, Christopher S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURFACE; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOENGINEERING; CELL ADHESION; CELL BIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS;

EID: 78650186789     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2010.09.007     Document Type: Review

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