The force induced by organelles' weight in the microfilament is in the range of 0.1-1 pN

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 63, Issue 7-10, 2008, Pages 923-928

  Yang, Chun ^a   Wei, Dong ^b   Zhuang, Feng Y ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cellular organelle; Cytoskeleton; Finite elements; Gravity; Mammalian cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MAMMALS; METABOLISM; MICROGRAVITY; ONCOGENIC VIRUSES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROTEINS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

BOND FORCE; CELL SHAPES; CYTOSKELETON (CSK); FINITE ELEMENT (FE) SIMULATIONS; HINGE MOTION; IN-CELL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MAMMALIAN CELLS; MICROFILAMENT; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT (MGE); MICROTUBULES (MT); SIMULATION RESULTS; VAN DER WAALS;

CELLS;

EID: 48549091357     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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