Modeling myosin-dependent rearrangement and force generation in an actomyosin network

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 281, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-73

  Inoue, Yasuhiro ^a,b,c   Tsuda, Shunsuke ^b,c   Nakagawa, Koji ^b   Hojo, Masaki ^b   Adachi, Taiji ^a,b,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actomyosin network; Mechanochemical coupling; Numerical simulation; Particulate base model

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTININ; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN II;

CELL ORGANELLE; MUSCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTOMYOSIN CONTRACTILITY; ACTOMYOSIN NETWORK; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTION; FOCAL ADHESION; FORCE; FORCE GENERATION; KERATINOCYTE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING;

ACTININ; ACTOMYOSIN; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; MICROFILAMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOSINS;

EID: 79955963564     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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