Physics of adherent cells

Reviews of Modern Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1327-1381

  Schwarz, Ulrich S ^a   Safran, Samuel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC ADHESION; EXTERNAL SURFACES; MECHANICAL FORCE; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; PHYSICAL FEATURES; POLYMER NETWORKS; RECENT PROGRESS; SOFT-MATTER PHYSICS;

CELL ADHESION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

CELLS;

EID: 84883786712     PISSN: 00346861     EISSN: 15390756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.85.1327     Document Type: Article

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