Bending stiffness of a crystalline actin bundle

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 337, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 255-261

  Shin, Jennifer H ^a   Mahadevan, L ^b   So, P T ^a   Matsudaira, Paul ^c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin bundle; ASW, artificial seawater; Bending stiffness; Single pole magnetic trap; Tapering rod

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PROTEIN; SCRUIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIMULUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIGIDITY; SPERM;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; POLYPHEMUS;

EID: 1442348236     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.01.028     Document Type: Article

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