Trapping and wiggling: Elastohydrodynamics of driven microfilaments

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 2 I, 1998, Pages 1043-1060

  Wiggins, Chris H ^a,c   Riveline, D ^b   Ott, A ^b   Goldstein, Raymond E ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BIOPOLYMER;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; OSCILLATION; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0031879578     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)74029-9     Document Type: Article

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