An elastic analysis of Listeria monocytogenes propulsion

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2259-2275

  Gerbal, Fabien ^a   Chaikin, Paul ^b   Rabin, Yitzhak ^c   Prost, Jacques ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; ENERGY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; STEADY STATE;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0033747006     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76473-3     Document Type: Article

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