A phenomenological model for chemico-mechanically induced cell shape changes during migration and cell–cell contacts

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عنوان ژورنال: Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

سال: 2012

ISSN: 1617-7959,1617-7940

DOI: 10.1007/s10237-012-0400-0