Three-dimensional traction force microscopy of engineered epithelial tissues

Tissue Morphogenesis: Methods and Protocols

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 191-206

  Piotrowski, Alexandra S ^a   Varner, Victor D ^a   Gjorevski, Nikolce ^a   Nelson, Celeste M ^a,b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Engineered tissue; Micropatterning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921829628     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1164-6_13     Document Type: Chapter

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