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Anisotropic elastic properties of microtubules
- Source :
- The European Physical Journal E. 17:29-35
- Publication Year :
- 2005
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2005.
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Abstract
- We review and model the experimental parameters which characterize elastic properties of microtubules. Three macroscopic estimates are made of the anisotropic elastic moduli, accounting for the molecular forces between tubulin dimers: for a longitudinal compression of a microtubule, for a lateral force and for a shearing force. These estimates reflect the anisotropies in these parameters observed in several recent experiments.
- Subjects :
- Models, Molecular
Materials science
Shear force
Biophysics
Nanotechnology
macromolecular substances
Microtubules
Models, Biological
Quantitative Biology::Subcellular Processes
Tubulin
Microtubule
Animals
Humans
Computer Simulation
General Materials Science
Soft matter
Elasticity (economics)
Anisotropy
Elastic modulus
biology
Surfaces and Interfaces
General Chemistry
Elasticity
Classical mechanics
Models, Chemical
Multiprotein Complexes
biology.protein
Stress, Mechanical
Protein Binding
Biotechnology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1292895X and 12928941
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The European Physical Journal E
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c58911ee6366156964443c36b0f457bf