Keratocyte lamellipodial protrusion is characterized by a concave force-velocity relation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1420-1427

  Heinemann, Fabian ^a,b   Doschke, Holger ^a,b   Radmacher, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 79953894909     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.01.063     Document Type: Article

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