Contractile cell forces exerted on rigid substrates

European Cells and Materials

Volumn 21, Issue , 2011, Pages 479-487

  Köser, Joachim ^a   Gaiser, Sebastian ^b   Müller, Bert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Biosensor; Cell contractility; In vitro test; Rat 2 fibroblast

Indexed keywords

SILICON; TRYPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOSENSOR; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTRACTION STRESS; CYTOCOMPATIBILITY; FIBROBLAST; IMPLANT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RIGIDITY; WEIGHT BEARING; ANIMAL; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; FIBROBLASTS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; RATS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRYPSIN;

EID: 80053112804     PISSN: 14732262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22203/eCM.v021a36     Document Type: Article

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