Mechanochemical transduction of cells on extracellular matrix proteins.

• Main Author: Ho, Benjamin Si Yuan.
• Other Authors: Chan Vincent
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering::Biotechnology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16525
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cellular growth and development are mediated by many factors. One of these factors includes the interaction of cells with extra-cellular matrix (ECM) proteins. This interaction exists in the form of mechanical attachments between ECM proteins and intracellular micro filaments though focal adhesion...