Direct visualization of flow-induced conformational transitions of single actin filaments in entangled solutions

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kirchenbuechler, Inka ^a   Guu, Donald ^a   Kurniawan, Nicholas A ^b   Koenderink, Gijsje H ^b   Lettinga, M Paul ^a,c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^c KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; POLYMER; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

COMPLEXITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; ORIENTATION; POLYMER; SHEAR FLOW; STIFFNESS;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLOW KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SHEAR FLOW; STRETCHING; MECHANICS; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POLYMERS; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84923350447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6060     Document Type: Article

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