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Forces Required to Initiate Membrane Tether Extrusion from Cell Surface Depend on Cell Type But Not on the Surface Molecule

Warren D. Marcus^1,2, Rodger P. McEver³, Cheng Zhu¹

1 Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
2 Present address: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
3 Cardiovascular Biology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.