An in vitro model system for cytoskeletal confinement

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 771-776

  Köster, Sarah ^a,b,c   Pfohl, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin; Confinement; End to end distribution; Microfluidics; Persistence length; Radial distribution function; Single filament

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MECHANICS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROTUBULE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CYTOSKELETON; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 70349433675     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: 10970169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.20336     Document Type: Conference Paper

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