α-actinin and filamin cooperatively enhance the stiffness of actin filament networks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Esue, Osigwe ^a,b   Tseng, Yiider ^c   Wirtz, Denis ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; FILAMIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; ELASTICITY; FLOW KINETICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIGIDITY;

EID: 84887212403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004411     Document Type: Article

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