Hierarchical structure controls nanomechanical properties of vimentin intermediate filaments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Qin, Zhao ^a   Kreplak, Laurent ^b   Buehler, Markus J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; TETRAMER; VIMENTIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER MODEL; HYDROGEN BOND; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLECULAR DEFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; DIMERIZATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PH;

EUKARYOTA;

BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; VIMENTIN;

EID: 70349713574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007294     Document Type: Article

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