The mechanics of mechanotransduction : analyses of cell perturbation

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Biological Engineering Division, 2006. === Includes bibliographical references. === Cells sense mechanical stimuli and respond by changing their phenotype, e.g. shape, gene expression, motility. This process, termed mechanotransduction, was inv...

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Main Author: Karcher, Hélène
Other Authors: Roger D. Kamm and Mohammad R. Kaazempur Mofrad.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2008
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Online Access:http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/38239
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38239