Modeling elastic properties of microtubule tips and walls

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 501-513

  Jánosi, Imre M ^a,b   Chrétien, Denis ^c   Flyvbjerg, Henrik ^a,d,e  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Competing curvatures; Elasticity; Microtubule

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; THEORY;

BIOPHYSICS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELASTICITY; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0345596417     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050160     Document Type: Article

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