Physically based principles of cell adhesion mechanosensitivity in tissues

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Ladoux, Benoit ^a,b   Nicolas, Alice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Joseph Fourier University   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ADHESION; HUMAN; MECHANICS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ADHESION; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 84868019299     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/75/11/116601     Document Type: Article

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