A multi-modular tensegrity model of an actin stress fiber

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2379-2387

  Luo, Yaozhi ^a   Xu, Xian ^a   Lele, Tanmay ^b,c   Kumar, Sanjay ^b,d   Ingber, Donald E ^b,e  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Karp Family Research Laboratories   (United States)

^c J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell mechanics; Cell structure; Computer model; Contractility; Cytoskeleton; Tensegrity

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; SHRINKAGE; STRESSES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRACTION (FRICTION);

ACTIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CABLE NETS; CELL STRUCTURING; CONTRACTION FORCES; CYTOSKELETON (CSK); EXTRA-CELLULAR MATRIX (ECM); INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); LIVING CELLS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIORS; MOLECULAR BUNDLES; MULTI-MODULAR; MULTISCALE MODELING (MM); MYOSIN FILAMENTS; PASSIVE TENSION; PROTEIN COMPONENTS; STRESS FIBERS; SUPRAMOLECULAR ARRANGEMENTS; TENSEGRITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) NETWORKS; VISCOELASTIC FIBERS;

FIBERS;

ACTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL STRESS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS FIBER; VISCOSITY;

ACTINS; ELASTICITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS FIBERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 48349140751     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.05.026     Document Type: Article

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