Smooth muscle contraction: Mechanochemical formulation for homogeneous finite strains
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0079-6107
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2007.07.025