Quantifying effects of substrata chemomechanical properties on eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell adhesion and morphology

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 2008. === Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-201). === It is now widely accepted that cells are capable of processing both mechanical and chemical signals from the extracellular environment. Exactly how these two facto...

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Main Author: Thompson, Michael Todd
Other Authors: Krystyn J. Van Vliet.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45915