A toolbox to explore the mechanics of living embryonic tissues

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 119-130

  Campàs, Otger ^a,b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysics; Cellular force; Embryonic development; Mechanobiology; Mechanotransduction; Morphogenesis; Tissue mechanics

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; MECHANICS; ANIMAL; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHEOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84979466025     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2016.03.011     Document Type: Review

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