New insights into red cell network structure, elasticity, and spectrin unfolding - A current review

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 593-606

  Discher, Dennis E ^a   Carl, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic Force Microscopy; Erythrocyte; Mechanics; Micropipette; Spectrin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; SPECTRIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ELASTICITY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROFILAMENT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SPECTRIN;

EID: 0035238098     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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