Stretching desmin filaments with receding meniscus reveals large axial tensile strength

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 472-480

  Kiss, Balázs ^a   Kellermayer, Miklós S Z ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Desmin; Elasticity; Receding meniscus; Unit length filament

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; DIMER; EGTAZIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL STRETCHING; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; ELASTICITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY;

ANIMALS; DESMIN; EGTAZIC ACID; ELASTICITY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84901638234     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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