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The protocol presented here enables automated fabrication of micropatterns that standardizes cell shape to study cytoskeletal structures within mammalian cells. This user-friendly technique can be set up with commercially available imaging systems and does not require specialized equipment inaccessible to standard cell biology laboratories.
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Yang, S., Tuo, C., Iu, E., Plotnikov, S. V. Control of Cell Geometry through Infrared Laser Assisted Micropatterning. J. Vis. Exp. (173), e62492, doi:10.3791/62492 (2021).
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