Actin network formation by unidirectional polycation diffusion

Langmuir

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 6257-6262

  Kwon, Hyuck Joon ^a   Kakugo, Akira ^a   Ura, Takehiro ^a   Okajima, Takaharu ^a   Tanaka, Yoshimi ^b   Furukawa, Hidemitsu ^a   Osada, Yoshihito ^a   Gong, Jian Ping ^a,c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Creative Research Initiative   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIFFUSION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); IONIC STRENGTH; NUCLEATION; POSITIVE IONS;

ACTIN NETWORK FORMATION; BUNDLE THICKNESS; POLYCATIONS;

PROTEINS;

ACTIN; BIOPOLYMER; CATION; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRICITY; IN VITRO STUDY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPOLYMERS; CATIONS; DIFFUSION; ELECTROSTATICS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES;

EID: 34249902761     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la063416k     Document Type: Article

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