Elliptical versus circular erythrocyte marginal bands: Isolation, shape conversion, and mechanical properties

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 238-248

  Cohen, William D ^a   Sorokina, Yelena ^a   Sanchez, Ivelisse ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell morphology; Cytoskeleton; Erythrocyte; Marginal band; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE BAND 3 PROTEIN; F ACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOSKELETON; ERYTHROCYTE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL SIZE; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ERYTHROCYTES; LASER SURGERY; MICROTUBULES; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 0031747114     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1998)40:3<238::AID-CM3>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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