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Surface Chemistry and Cell Biological Tools for the Analysis of Cell Adhesion and Migration
Author(s) -
Pulsipher Abigail,
Yousaf Muhammad N.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chembiochem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.05
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 1439-7633
pISSN - 1439-4227
DOI - 10.1002/cbic.200900787
Subject(s) - cell adhesion , chemistry , adhesion , extracellular matrix , nanotechnology , cell migration , self assembled monolayer , cell , biophysics , monolayer , biochemistry , materials science , biology , organic chemistry
Sticking with SAMs: Within the past few years, the surface‐chemistry community has actively pursued the development and integration of strategies to control the interface between cells and a solid support. In doing so, tailored substrates that aim to mimic the extracellular matrix and induce cellular behavior have been generated. Recent advances in the design and utility of self‐assembled monolayers (SAMs) as dynamic surfaces for the analysis of cell adhesion and migration will be discussed.