Attractive interactions among intermediate filaments determine network mechanics in vitro

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Pawelzyk, Paul ^a   Mücke, Norbert ^b   Herrmann, Harald ^b   Willenbacher, Norbert ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 8; VIMENTIN; KERATIN; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOOCTYLPHENYL ETHER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMOSTABILITY; VISCOELASTICITY; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISCOSITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; KERATINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHEOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84898871818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093194     Document Type: Article

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