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dc.contributor.authorNorotte, Cyrille, 1983-eng
dc.contributor.authorMarga, Francoiseeng
dc.contributor.authorNeagu, Adrianeng
dc.contributor.authorKosztin, Ioaneng
dc.contributor.authorForgács, Gabor, 1949-eng
dc.date.issued2008eng
dc.description.abstractThe notion of apparent tissue surface tension offered a systematic way to interpret certain morphogenetic processes in early development. It also allowed deducing quantitative information on cellular and molecular parameters that is otherwise difficult to obtain. To accurately determine such tensions we combined novel experiments with the exact solution of the Laplace equation for the profile of a liquid drop under the employed experimental conditions and used the exact solution to evaluate data collected on tissues. Our results confirm that tissues composed of adhesive and motile cells indeed can be characterized in terms of well-defined apparent surface tension. Our experimental technique presents a way to measure liquid interfacial tensions under conditions when known methods fail.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the National Science Foundation [FIBR-0526854].eng
dc.identifier.citationEPL, 81 (2008) 46003eng
dc.identifier.issn1286-4854eng
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10355/5176eng
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherIOPeng
dc.relation.ispartofcollectionUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. College of Arts and Sciences. Department of Physics and Astronomy. Physics and Astronomy publicationseng
dc.source.urihttp://iopscience.iop.org/0295-5075/81/4/46003/pdf/0295-5075_81_4_46003.pdfeng
dc.subjectcellular structureeng
dc.subjectcellular processeseng
dc.subject.lcshDifferential equations, Partialeng
dc.subject.lcshHarmonic functionseng
dc.subject.lcshSurface tensioneng
dc.titleExperimental evaluation of apparent tissue surface tension based on the exact solution of the Laplace equationeng
dc.typeArticleeng


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