Contraction mechanisms in composite active actin networks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Köhler, Simone ^a   Bausch, Andreas R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CORTEXILLIN I; FASCIN; MYOSIN II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CROSS LINKING; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; PHASE SEPARATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84874290630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039869     Document Type: Article

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