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16 - Micropost arrays as a means to assess cardiac muscle cells

from Part II - Recent progress in cell mechanobiology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2015

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Andrea Leonard ,
Marita L. Rodriguez  and
Nathan J. Sniadecki
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Yu Sun ,
Deok-Ho Kim  and
Craig A. Simmons
Yu Sun
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University of Toronto
Deok-Ho Kim
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University of Washington
Craig A. Simmons
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University of Toronto
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Integrative Mechanobiology
Micro- and Nano- Techniques in Cell Mechanobiology
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