Three-dimensional traction force microscopy: A new tool for quantifying cell-matrix interactions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Franck, Christian ^a   Maskarinec, Stacey A ^b   Tirrell, David A ^b   Ravichandran, Guruswami ^c  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL TRACTION FORCE MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOTION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOVEMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MICE; MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79953229555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017833     Document Type: Article

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