Active cellular materials

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-35

  MacKintosh, Frederick C ^a   Schmidt, Christoph F ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BIOMATERIAL; BIOPOLYMER; BIOTIN; F ACTIN; KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN II; STREPTAVIDIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; CROSS LINKING; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FLUIDIZATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISCOELASTICITY; YEAST;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELLS; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MYOSINS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 75749091862     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2010.01.002     Document Type: Review

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