Diffusing wave spectroscopy microrheology of actin filament networks

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1063-1071

  Palmer, Andre ^a   Mason, Thomas G ^a   Xu, Jingyuan ^a   Kuo, Scot C ^b   Wirtz, Denis ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; DIFFUSING WAVE SPECTROSCOPY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FLOW KINETICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; SPECTROSCOPY; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0033039456     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77271-1     Document Type: Article

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