Exploring the mechanical behavior of single intermediate filaments

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 354, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 569-577

  Kreplak, L ^a   Bar H ^b   Leterrier, J F ^c   Herrmann, H ^d   Aebi, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

AFM; Desmin; Keratin; Neurofilament; Stretching

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; KERATIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL ACTIVITY; CYTOSKELETON; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MUTAGENESIS; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EUKARYOTA; MURINAE;

EID: 27744588225     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.09.092     Document Type: Article

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