Dynamic viscoelasticity of actin cross-linked with wild-type and disease-causing mutant α-actinin-4

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4915-4923

  Volkmer Ward, Sabine M ^a   Weins, Astrid ^b   Pollak, Martin R ^b   Weitz, David A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTININ; ALPHA ACTININ 4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ALPHA-ACTININ 4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISCOSITY;

ACTININ; ACTINS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MICE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 58149296225     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.131722     Document Type: Article

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