Hierarchical self-organization of cytoskeletal active networks

Physical Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Gordon, Daniel ^a   Bernheim Groswasser, Anne ^a   Keasar, Chen ^a   Farago, Oded ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; FASCIN; MYOSIN II; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN TYPE II; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84859700760     PISSN: 14783967     EISSN: 14783975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/9/2/026005     Document Type: Article

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