Trap and corral: A two-step approach for constructing and constraining dynamic cell contact events in differentiating progenitor cell populations

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Chen, S ^a   Patel, N ^a   Schaffer, D ^a,b   Maharbiz, M M ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CAPTURE; CELL-CELL CONTACT; CONTACT EVENT; CONTACT TIME; EXTERNAL SIGNALS; HIGH CELL DENSITY; HIGH EFFICIENCY; MAMMALIAN CELLS; MICROWELLS; MULTICELL; PROCESS EXTENSIONS; PROGENITOR CELL; REGENERATIVE PROCESS; SINGLE CELLS; TWO-STEP APPROACH; TWO-STEP PROCESS;

AGGLOMERATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; MAMMALS; MICROCHANNELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEED; STEM CELLS; WELLS;

FENCES;

EID: 79955827776     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/21/5/054027     Document Type: Article

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