Mechanical phenotyping of stem cells

Theriogenology

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1426-1430

  Keefer, Carol L ^a   Desai, Jaydev P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic modulus; Mechanical properties; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953287013     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.11.032     Document Type: Review

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