Measuring forces between protein fibers by microscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2433-2441

  Jones, Christopher W ^a   Wang, J C ^b   Briehl, R W ^b   Turner, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN S; PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; ENTROPY; FORCE; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 22144462054     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.050856     Document Type: Article

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