Micropatterning cell-substrate adhesions using linear polyacrylamide as the blocking agent

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Guo, Wei Hui ^a   Wang, Yu Li ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; POLYACRYLAMIDE; SILANE;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL SHAPE; COVALENT BOND; MATERIAL COATING; MICROPATTERNING; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PHOTOMASK; PHOTORESIST; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 79952436333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15596095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot5582     Document Type: Article

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