Mechanical properties of Xenopus egg cytoplasmic extracts

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 680-689

  Valentine, Megan T ^a,d   Perlman, Z E ^b,c   Mitchison, T J ^b   Weitz, D A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; EGG; EMBRYO; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; VISCOELASTICITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 11244287153     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.048025     Document Type: Article

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