Live cell response to mechanical stimulation studied by integrated optical and atomic force microscopy

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 44, 2010, Pages

  Trache, Andreea ^a,b   Lim, Soon Mi ^a  

^a TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Cellular Biology; Integrated microscopy; Issue 44; Live cells; Mechanical stimulation; Spinning disk confocal; Total internal reflection fluorescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355133789     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2072     Document Type: Article

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