Actomyosin II interaction modulates cell cortex stability

Cell Biology International

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-248

  Goldmann, Wolfgang H ^a   Cantiello, Horacio F ^b   Chasan, Bernard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin filaments; Atomic force microscopy; Myosin II; Rheology

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BRAIN CORTEX; ENERGY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; VISCOELASTICITY;

ACTINS; ACTOMYOSIN; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE;

EID: 19444387325     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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