Confocal reference free traction force microscopy

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Bergert, Martin ^a   Lendenmann, Tobias ^a   Zündel, Manuel ^a   Ehret, Alexander E ^a,b   Panozzo, Daniele ^a,c   Richner, Patrizia ^a   Kim, David K ^a   Kress, Stephan J P ^a   Norris, David J ^a   Sorkine Hornung, Olga ^a   Mazza, Edoardo ^a,b   Poulikakos, Dimos ^a   Ferrari, Aldo ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY; NUMERICAL METHOD; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL TRACTION FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOCAL ADHESION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84989857504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12814     Document Type: Article

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