Viscoelastic properties of f-actin, microtubules, f-actin/α-actinin, and f-actin/hexokinase determined in microliter volumes with a novel nondestructive method

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2784-2796

  Wagner, O ^a   Zinke, J ^a   Dancker, P ^c   Grill, W ^b   Bereiter Hahn, J ^a,d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Biozentrum   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA ACTININ; F ACTIN; HEXOKINASE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; VISCOSITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0033059357     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77432-1     Document Type: Article

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