Coarse grain modeling for microtubule mechanics

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 638-642, Issue , 2010, Pages 629-634

  Deriu, Marco A ^a   Soncini, Monica ^b   Bidone, Tamara ^a   Redaelli, Alberto ^b   Montevecchi, Franco M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microtubule; Normal mode analysis; SubCellular mechanics

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODELING; PROTEINS; RIGIDITY; STIFFNESS;

CYTOSKELETON FILAMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; INTEGRATING INFORMATION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MICROTUBULES; NORMAL MODE ANALYSIS; SUB-CELLULAR; SUPRAMOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

DIMERS;

EID: 75849152933     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.638-642.629     Document Type: Conference Paper

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