Energetics and dynamics of constrained actin filament bundling

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4295-4304

  Yang, Le ^a   Sept, David ^a,b   Carlsson, A E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIMULATION;

EID: 33744830290     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.076968     Document Type: Article

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