Impact of branching on the elasticity of actin networks

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 10364-10369

  Pujol, Thomas ^a   Du Roure, Olivia ^a   Fermigier, Marc ^a   Heuvingh, Julien ^a  

^a ESPCI   (France)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Dendritic networks; Enthalpic elasticity; Magnetic dipolar forces; Semiflexible polymer

Indexed keywords

G ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ENTHALPY; HUMAN; LAMELLIPODIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIGIDITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACTINS; ELASTICITY; PHALLOIDINE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84862988233     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1121238109     Document Type: Article

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