Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 42, Issue 3 , Pages 303-307 , 9 February 2009

Bending rigidities of cell surface molecules P-selectin and PSGL-1

  • Ying Fang

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomechanics and School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
    • ,
  • Jianhua Wu

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomechanics and School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
    • ,
  • Rodger P. McEver

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Biology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Oklahoma Center for Medical Glycobiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
    • ,
  • Cheng Zhu

      Affiliations

    • Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering and Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0363, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +14408943269; fax: +14043851379.

,Accepted 10 November 2008.

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PII: S0021-9290(08)00589-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.11.020

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 42, Issue 3 , Pages 303-307 , 9 February 2009

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