An on-chip study on the influence of geometrical confinement and chemical gradient on cell polarity

Biomicrofluidics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Zheng, Wenfu ^a   Xie, Yunyan ^a   Sun, Kang ^a   Wang, Dong ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Wang, Chen ^a   Chen, Yong ^b   Jiang, Xingyu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE REGENERATION;

CHEMICAL STIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL MIGRATION; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTORS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTORS; GEOMETRICAL CONFINEMENT; HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; MICROFLUIDIC TECHNIQUES; POLARIZED DISTRIBUTIONS;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 84908123147     PISSN: 19321058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4898209     Document Type: Article

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