Force amplification response of actin filaments under confined compression

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 445-449

  Greene, George W ^a   Anderson, Travers H ^a   Zeng, Hongbo ^a   Zappone, Bruno ^a,b   Israelachvili, Jacob N ^a  

^a Santa Barbara   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Fluctuation and dynamic; Mechanotransduction; Stiffening

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ACTIN FILAMENT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; FORCE TRANSDUCER; KINETICS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM SILICATES; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; MICROFILAMENTS;

EID: 58849148522     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812064106     Document Type: Article

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