Single-cell mechanics: The parallel plates technique

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 125, Issue , 2015, Pages 187-209

  Bufi, Nathalie ^a   Durand Smet, Pauline ^a   Asnacios, Atef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

Cell mechanics; Cell rheology; Creep; Mechanosensing; Microplates; Relaxation; Rigidity; Stiffness; Traction forces; Viscoelastic modulus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; CALIBRATION; FLOW KINETICS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPHYSICS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CALIBRATION; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 84921842530     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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