Striated acto-myosin fibers can rerganize and register in response to elastic interactions with the matrix

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2706-2715

  Friedrich, Benjamin M ^a   Buxboim, Amnon ^b   Discher, Dennis E ^b   Safran, Samuel A ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 79960307611     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.04.050     Document Type: Article

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