Attachment conditions control actin filament buckling and the production of forces

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2546-2558

  Berro, Julien ^a   Michelot, Alphée ^b   Blanchoin, Laurent ^b   Kovar, David R ^c   Martiel, Jean Louis ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Vegetale Grenoble   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHENAMINE; MYOSIN II;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; FORCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICS; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 34047210202     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.094672     Document Type: Article

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