Stress generation by myosin minifilaments in actin bundles

Physical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Dasanayake, Nilushi L ^a   Carlsson, Anders E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; THERMODYNAMICS; ARTICLE;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOSINS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84878824453     PISSN: 14783967     EISSN: 14783975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/10/3/036006     Document Type: Article

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