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Mimicking Active Biopolymer Networks with a Synthetic Hydrogel

[Image: see text] Stiffening due to internal stress generation is of paramount importance in living systems and is the foundation for many biomechanical processes. For example, cells stiffen their surrounding matrix by pulling on collagen and fibrin fibers. At the subcellular level, molecular motors...

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Autores principales: Fernández-Castaño Romera, Marcos, Göstl, Robert, Shaikh, Huda, ter Huurne, Gijs, Schill, Jurgen, Voets, Ilja K., Storm, Cornelis, Sijbesma, Rint P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2019
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6367683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30636412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b10659