Bending dynamics of fluctuating biopolymers probed by automated high-resolution filament tracking

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 346-359

  Brangwynne, Clifford P ^a   Koenderink, Gijsje H ^a   Barry, Ed ^b   Dogic, Zvonimir ^b   MacKintosh, Frederick C ^c   Weitz, David A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER;

ACCURACY; ACTIN FILAMENT; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; RIGIDITY; THERMOSTABILITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 34447250290     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.096966     Document Type: Article

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