Bond tilting and sliding friction in a model of cell adhesion
As a simple theoretical model of a cell adhering to a biological interface, we consider a rigid cylinder moving in a viscous shear flow near a wall. Adhesion forces arise through intermolecular bonds between receptors on the cell and their ligands on the wall, which form flexible tethers that can st...
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| Language: | English |
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2007-12-04.
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