Modeling the self-organization property of keratin intermediate filaments

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2748-2756

  Kim, Jin Seob ^a   Lee, Chang Hun ^a   Coulombe, Pierre A ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 78349248319     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.09.023     Document Type: Article

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