Microfluidic guillotine reveals multiple timescales and mechanical modes of wound response in Stentor coeruleus

Abstract Background Wound healing is one of the defining features of life and is seen not only in tissues but also within individual cells. Understanding wound response at the single-cell level is critical for determining fundamental cellular functions needed for cell repair and survival. This under...

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Main Authors: Kevin S. Zhang, Lucas R. Blauch, Wesley Huang, Wallace F. Marshall, Sindy K. Y. Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:BMC Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-00970-0