Desmin and Vimentin Intermediate Filament Networks: Their Viscoelastic Properties Investigated by Mechanical Rheometry

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 388, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-143

  Schopferer, Michael ^a   Bär, Harald ^b,c   Hochstein, Bernhard ^a   Sharma, Sarika ^b,c   Mücke, Norbert ^c   Herrmann, Harald ^c   Willenbacher, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

desmin and vimentin intermediate filament; electron microscopy; persistence length; rheology; strain stiffening

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; TETRAMER; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; IONIC STRENGTH; MICROFILAMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 63449103436     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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