Friction of F-actin knots

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-123

  Kirchner, Helmut O ^a   Neukirch, Sebastien ^b  

^a INM LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEW MATERIALS   (Germany)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F-ACTIN; FORCE-EXTENSION; PROTEIN DATA BANK; STATIC FRICTION COEFFICIENT;

TRIBOLOGY;

FRICTION;

F ACTIN;

ARTICLE; FORCE; FRICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ACTINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, PROTEIN; FRICTION;

EID: 70350573457     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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