Technical Reference #315

Glass Bottom Culture Dishes

This study used MatTek product(s):

Citation in paper containing MatTek reference:
35-mm dish (glass bottom; uncoated; no. 0; MatTek; Ashland; MA)

315.

Cell Prestress I Stiffness And Prestress Are Closely Associated In Adherent Contractile Cells Wang; N.; Tolic-Nørrelykke; ; I.; Chen; J.; Mijailovich; S.; Butler; J.; Fredberg; J.; and Stamenovic; D. Physiology Program; Department of Environmental Health; Harvard School of Public Health; Boston; MA; USA; Department of Biomedical Enginee, Harvard School of Public Health, American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology, 282(315), (2002)
Link To Paper

Abstract:
Cell prestress.I. Stiffness and prestress are closely associated inadherent contractile cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 282:C606–C616 2002. First published October 31 2001; 10.1152/ajpcell.00269.2001.—The tensegrity hypothesis holds thatthe c

Keywords:
tensegrity; mechanical stress; traction; cytoskeleton; actin microfilaments

Materials & Methods:
First about five drops of 0.1 N NaOH were added to the 35-mm dish (glass bottom uncoated no. 0; MatTek Ashland MA) and air-dried.

Microscopic Technique
Confocal Microscopy, Laser Scanning

Cell Type(s)
HASM