Exploring the link between human embryonic stem cell organization and fate using tension-calibrated extracellular matrix functionalized polyacrylamide gels

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 916, Issue , 2012, Pages 317-350

  Lakins, Johnathon N ^a   Chin, Andrew R ^a   Weaver, Valerie M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical constriction; Early embryonic differentiation; Embryonic stem cell; Epiblast; Epithelial organization; Extracellular matrix; Gastrulation; Mechanics; Polyacrylamide substrates; Rho kinase (ROCK); Substrate stiffness; Visco elasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867774981     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-980-8_24     Document Type: Article

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