Tracer diffusion through F-actin: Effect of filament length and cross- linking

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2742-2750

  Jones, Jeffrey D ^a   Luby Phelps, Katherine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; TRACER;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029861174     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79467-5     Document Type: Article

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