Viscoelasticity of actin-gelsolin networks in the presence of filamin

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 373-379

  Goldmann, Wolfgang H ^a   Tempel, Markus ^b   Sprenger, Irene ^b   Isenberg, Gerhard ^b   Ezzell, Robert M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin network; Filamin; Gelsolin; Rheology; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; FILAMIN; GELSOLIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLOW KINETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RIGIDITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0030917761     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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