Three-dimensional force microscopy of cells in biopolymer networks

Nature Methods

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 171-176

  Steinwachs, Julian ^a   Metzner, Claus ^a   Skodzek, Kai ^a   Lang, Nadine ^a   Thievessen, Ingo ^a   Mark, Christoph ^a   Münster, Stefan ^b   Aifantis, Katerina E ^c   Fabry, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; COLLAGEN GEL; FIBRIN GEL; MATRIGEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL ELONGATION; CELL MIGRATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RIGIDITY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BREAST TUMOR; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BIOPOLYMERS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE;

EID: 84961295397     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15487105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.3685     Document Type: Article

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