Power-limited contraction dynamics of Vorticella convallaria: An ultrafast biological spring

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 265-272

  Upadhyaya, Arpita ^a   Baraban, M ^a   Wong, J ^a   Matsudaira, P ^b   Van Oudenaarden, A ^a   Mahadevan, L ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; SPASMONEME; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY; VORTICELLA CONVALLARIA;

VORTICELLA CONVALLARIA;

EID: 37749034067     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.108852     Document Type: Article

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