Gel-expanded to gel-condensed transition in neurofilament networks revealed by direct forcemeasurements

Nature Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-46

  Beck, Roy ^a   Deek, Joanna ^a   Jones, Jayna B ^a   Safinya, Cyrus R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTALS; MECHANICAL STABILITY; NEURONS; OSMOSIS; X RAY SCATTERING;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; ELECTROSTATIC MODELING; MECHANICAL NETWORK; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGICAL SALT; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY SCATTERING;

GELS;

MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; GEL; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PH; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BIOPHYSICS; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; GELS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SYNCHROTRONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 72449208673     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2566     Document Type: Article

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