Dynamic behaviors of microtubules in cytosol

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1270-1274

  Wang, C Y ^a   Li, C F ^a   Adhikari, S ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytosol; Microtubules; Orthotropic shells; Stokes flow; Vibration

Indexed keywords

CYTOSOL; MICROTUBULES; ORTHOTROPIC SHELLS; STOKES FLOW; VIBRATION;

BIOMECHANICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TELLURIC PROSPECTING;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL MOTION; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOSOL; EUKARYOTIC CELL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROTUBULE; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGIDITY; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL POLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOSOL; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VIBRATION;

EID: 67349197797     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.03.027     Document Type: Article

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