On the significance of microtubule flexural behavior in cytoskeletal mechanics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Mehrbod, Mehrdad ^a   Mofrad, Mohammad R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRESS; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETAL MECHANICS; ENERGY RESOURCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POISON RATIO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENSION; YOUNG MODULUS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICS; METABOLISM;

BIOMECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 80053580432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025627     Document Type: Article

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