Preparation of bead-tailed actin filaments: Estimation of the torque produced by the sliding force in an in vitro motility assay

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 401-408

  Suzuki, Naoya ^a,c   Miyata, Hidetake ^a   Ishiwata, Shin'ichi ^b   Kinosita Jr , Kazuhiko ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; FORCE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RABBIT; ROTATION; TORQUE;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030068430     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79583-8     Document Type: Article

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