Rheology of the cytoskeleton

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 41, Issue , 2009, Pages 433-453

  Mofrad, Mohammad R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin filaments; Living cells; Mechanics; Molecular mechanics

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CYTOSKELETAL; CYTOSKELETONS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LIVING CELLS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS;

CELL MEMBRANES; ELASTICITY; FILAMENTS (LAMP); MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PLASTICITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VISCOSITY;

RHEOLOGY;

BIOMECHANICS; CYTOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 67049168898     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.010908.165236     Document Type: Review

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