Preparation of Hydroxy-PAAm hydrogels for decoupling the effects of mechanotransduction cues

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 90, 2014, Pages

  Grevesse, Thomas ^a   Versaevel, Marie ^a   Gabriele, Sylvain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Cell shape; Cell ligand density; Durotaxis; Hydrogels; Issue 90; Mechanotransduction; Microcontact printing; Polyacrylamide; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906861179     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51010     Document Type: Article

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