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SUBMITTER: Brand CA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5567585 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brand Christoph A CA Linke Marco M Weißenbruch Kai K Richter Benjamin B Bastmeyer Martin M Schwarz Ulrich S US
Biophysical journal 20170726 4
The shape of animal cells is an important regulator for many essential processes such as cell migration or division. It is strongly determined by the organization of the actin cytoskeleton, which is also the main regulator of cell forces. Quantitative analysis of cell shape helps to reveal the physical processes underlying cell shape and forces, but it is notoriously difficult to conduct it in three dimensions. Here we use direct laser writing to create 3D open scaffolds for adhesion of connecti ...[more]