修改L-选择素粘附的机械性质和剪切值,独立于平衡性质

K D Puri1, S Chen, T A Springer

  • 1The Center for Blood Research and Harvard Medical School, Department of Pathology, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

Nature
|May 15, 1998
PubMed
概括

研究人员用化学方法修改了一个连接体,以改变细胞粘附分子键的机械性质. 这种修改改变了强力如何影响键强度,为细胞与细胞相互作用和淋巴细胞贩运提供了新的见解.

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