Cell mechanics: Contracting to stiffness

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-13

  Ehrlicher, Allen ^a   Hartwig, John H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; PLATELETS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

ACTIVATED PLATELETS; CELL CONTRACTION; CONTRACTILE CELLS; CONTRACTILE FORCE; FORCE GENERATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; STRESS-DEPENDENT; STRUCTURAL REINFORCEMENT;

BIOMECHANICS;

FIBRIN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD CLOT RETRACTION; BLOOD CLOTTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD PLATELETS; CLOT RETRACTION; FIBRIN; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 78650257997     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2928     Document Type: Short Survey

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