The elastic basis for the shape of Borrelia burgdorferi

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4409-4417

  Dombrowski, Christopher ^a   Kan, Wanxi ^b   Motaleb, Md Abdul ^c   Charon, Nyles W ^c   Goldstein, Raymond E ^a,d   Wolgemuth, Charles W ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXONEME; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; EUKARYOTE; FLAGELLUM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; SPIROCHETE; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; ELASTICITY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EUKARYOTA;

ALGORITHMS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ELASTICITY; FLAGELLA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

EID: 68949119913     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.02.066     Document Type: Article

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