Geometrical and Mechanical Properties Control Actin Filament Organization

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Letort, Gaëlle ^a,b   Politi, Antonio Z ^c   Ennomani, Hajer ^a   Théry, Manuel ^a   Nedelec, Francois ^c   Blanchoin, Laurent ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; EFFICIENCY; GEOMETRY; PROTEINS;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN NETWORKS; ACTIN NUCLEATION; ACTIN ORGANIZATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SHAPES; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GEOMETRICAL CONSTRAINTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES CONTROLS; PROPERTY;

NUCLEATION;

ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; MECHANICS; PREDICTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EUKARYOTA;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

EID: 84930606846     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004245     Document Type: Article

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