Microfabricated post-array-detectors (mPADs): An approach to isolate mechanical forces

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Desai, Ravi A ^a   Yang, Michael T ^a   Sniadecki, Nathan J ^b   Legant, Wesley R ^a   Chen, Christopher S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular biology; Issue 8; Mechanotransduction; Microfabrication; Traction force

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055115961     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/311     Document Type: Article

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