Mechanical role of cytoskeletal components in vascular smooth muscle cell adhesion in vitro

Proceedings of the IEEE Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 23-24

  Engler, Adam ^a   Bacakova, Lucie ^a   Newman, Cindy ^a   Sheehan, Maureen ^a   Discher, Discher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; COLLAGEN; FLUORESCENCE; GELS; GLASS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; SUBSTRATES; ADHESIVES; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PROTEINS;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (GFP); BOVINE; CYTOSKELETAL COMPONENTS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IN-VITRO; MECHANICAL FACTORS; RECEPTOR-LIGAND INTERACTIONS; SHAPE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS;

CELLS;

EID: 84948405966     PISSN: 1071121X     EISSN: 21607001     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

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