Theoretical estimates of mechanical properties of the endothelial cell cytoskeleton

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-118

  Satcher Jr , Robert L ^a   Dewey Jr , C Forbes ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN;

APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; CROSS LINKING; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SHEAR STRESS; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 8944235343     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79206-8     Document Type: Article

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