Reversible stress softening of actin networks

Nature

Volumn 445, Issue 7125, 2007, Pages 295-298

  Chaudhuri, Ovijit ^a   Parekh, Sapun H ^a   Fletcher, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN; STRESS;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; LAMELLIPODIUM; MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

EID: 33846314328     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05459     Document Type: Article

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