Echinocyte Shapes: Bending, Stretching, and Shear Determine Spicule Shape and Spacing
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Echinocyte shapes: bending, stretching, and shear determine spicule shape and spacing.
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عنوان ژورنال: Biophysical Journal
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0006-3495
DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(02)75527-6