Fibers with integrated mechanochemical switches: Minimalistic design principles derived from fibronectin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1909-1918

  Peleg, Orit ^a,c   Savin, Thierry ^a   Kolmakov, German V ^b   Salib, Isaac G ^b   Balazs, Anna C ^b   Kröger, Martin ^a   Vogel, Viola ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; POLYMER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; FIBER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOMECHANICS; FIBRONECTINS; MICROFIBRILS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERS; PROTEIN FOLDING; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84868572497     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.09.028     Document Type: Article

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