Effect of tensile force on the mechanical behavior of actin filaments

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1776-1781

  Matsushita, Shinji ^a,b,c   Inoue, Yasuhiro ^a,b,c   Hojo, Masaki ^b   Sokabe, Masahiro ^d,e   Adachi, Taiji ^a,b,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin filament; Cell mechanics; Computational biomechanics; Mechanical properties; Mechano chemical interactions; Steered molecular dynamics simulation; Tensile force

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL MECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOMECHANICS; MECHANOCHEMICALS; STEERED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; TENSILE FORCES;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; DYNAMICS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STIFFNESS;

PROTEINS;

ACTIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SHAPE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICAL TORSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHICKENS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN BINDING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79956119811     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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