A numerical analysis of forces exerted b
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Lauri A. Olivier; George A. Truskey
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Article
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1993
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Exposure of spreading anchorage-dependent cells t o laminar flow is a common technique to measure the strength of cell adhesion. Since cells protrude into the flow stream, the force exerted by the fluid on the cells is a function of cell shape. To assess the relationship between cell shape and the h