A Microstructural Approach to Cytoskelet
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Dimitrije StamenoviΔ; Jeffrey J. Fredberg; Ning Wang; James P. Butler; Donald E.
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Article
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1996
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Mechanical properties of living cells are commonly described in terms of the laws of continuum mechanics. The purpose of this report is to consider the implications of an alternative approach that emphasizes the discrete nature of stress bearing elements in the cell and is based on the known structu