Atomic force microscopy in mechanobiology: Measuring microelastic heterogeneity of living cells

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 736, Issue , 2011, Pages 303-329

  Azeloglu, Evren U ^a   Costa, Kevin D ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Elasticity; Elastography; Nanoindentation; Young s modulus

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE;

EID: 80054840569     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-105-5_19     Document Type: Chapter

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