Mechanical model for a collagen fibril pair in extracellular matrix

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 487-493

  Chan, Yue ^a   Cox, Grant M ^a   Haverkamp, Richard G ^b   Hill, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Connective tissue extracellular matrix; Hooke's law; Mathematical modeling; Molecular potential energy; Worm like chain model

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; MECHANICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 62949147539     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-008-0399-4     Document Type: Article

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