Mechanically induced helix-coil transition in biopolymer networks

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1019-1027

  Courty, Sebastien ^a   Gornall, Joanne L ^a   Terentjev, Eugene M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; GELATIN; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; ELASTICITY; EVOLUTION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRESS;

EID: 33646169744     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.067090     Document Type: Article

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