Prediction of bending stiffness and deformed shape of non-axially compressed microtubule by a semi-analytical approach

Journal of Biological Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 427-435

  Ghavanloo, Esmaeal ^a   Daneshmand, Farhang ^a,b   Amabili, Marco ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bending stiffness; Deformed shape; Microtubule; Semi analytical method

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; ARTICLE; BENDING STIFFNESS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL SHAPE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER PREDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 77956057271     PISSN: 00920606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10867-010-9193-5     Document Type: Article

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