Article
In vitro studies of deformation and adhesion properties of transformed cells.
Cell biophysics - 1 Apr 1991
Anderson K W, Li W I, Cezeaux J, Zimmer S
Abstract excerpt
The micropipet aspiration technique and the parallel-plate flow chamber were used to investigate the deformation and detachment properties, respectively, of normal and transformed rat fibroblasts. The normal Cloned Rat Embryo Fibroblasts (CREF) cell line was transfected with the T24 ras oncogene...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Adhesion
- Cell Cycle
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Cells, Cultured
- Fibroblasts
- Genes, ras
- Neoplasm Metastasis
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Rheology
- Stress, Mechanical
- Transfection