Confinement and manipulation of actin filaments by electric fields

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Arsenault, Mark E ^a   Zhao, Hui ^a   Purohit, Prashant K ^a   Goldman, Yale E ^b   Bau, Haim H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHALLOIDIN; RHODAMINE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MANIPULATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL SUSPENSION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HYPOTHESIS; MUSCLE TONE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 35348951493     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.114538     Document Type: Article

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