Flexural rigidity of individual microtubules measured by a buckling force with optical traps

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1687-1696

  Kikumoto, Mahito ^a,b   Kurachi, Masashi ^a,c   Tosa, Valer ^a,d   Tashiro, Hideo ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ISOTOPIC AND MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGIES   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PACLITAXEL; TUBULIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FORCE; MEASUREMENT; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; OPTICS; POLYMERIZATION; RIGIDITY; ANIMAL; BRAIN LEVEL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; LASER; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CATTLE; ELASTICITY; LASERS; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROTUBULES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 33646126724     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.055483     Document Type: Article

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