Rheological characterization of the bundling transition in F-actin solutions induced by methylcellulose

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Köhler, Simone ^a   Lieleg, Oliver ^a   Bausch, Andreas R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; F ACTIN; METHYLCELLULOSE; POLYMER; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FLOW KINETICS; GEL; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; VISCOELASTICITY; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIFFUSION; ELASTICITY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATTLE; DIFFUSION; ELASTICITY; METHYLCELLULOSE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RABBITS; RHEOLOGY; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 50549084090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002736     Document Type: Article

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