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22. Fabrication of reconfiguration protein matrices by cracking, X. Zhu, K. Mills, P. Peters, J. Bahng, El
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24. Viscoelastic and dynamic nonlinear properties of airway smooth muscle tissue: roles of mechanical
force and the cytoskeleton, S. Ito, A. Majumdar, H. Kume, K. Shimokata, K. Naruse, K. Lutchen, d.
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