Cell prestress. I. Stiffness and prestress are closely associated in adherent contractile cells.

By Ning Wang, I. Tolic-Nørrelykke, Jianxin Chen, S. Mijailovich, J. Butler, Jeffrey J. Fredberg, D. Stamenović. American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, 2002

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