Polymer-based models of cytoskeletal networks

Cytoskeletal Mechanics: Models and Measurements

Volumn 9780521846370, Issue , 2006, Pages 152-169

  Mackintosh, F C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; CROSSLINKING; CYTOLOGY; DYNAMICS; MECHANICAL STABILITY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PROTEINS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SHEAR FLOW;

ACTIVE FORCE GENERATION; BIOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE; CYTOSKELETAL FILAMENTS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY; MECHANICAL AND DYNAMIC PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CELLS; QUANTITATIVE EXPERIMENTS;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 84927055179     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511607318.009     Document Type: Chapter

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