Structural motifs and elastic properties of hierarchical biological tissues - A review

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-164

  Bar On, Benny ^a   Wagner, H Daniel ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biological composites; Hierarchical tissues; Staggered architecture

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

BIOLOGICAL COMPOSITES; HIERARCHICAL TISSUES; STAGGERED ARCHITECTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE AND BONES; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TOOTH;

EID: 84881545261     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2013.05.012     Document Type: Article

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