Deformation and Collapse of Microtubules on the Nanometer Scale

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  de Pablo, P J ^a   Schaap, I A T ^a   MacKintosh, F C ^a   Schmidt, C F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROTUBULE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SWINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELASTICITY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROTUBULES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE;

ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PROTEINS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

MICROTUBULES;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 10244229625     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.098101     Document Type: Article

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