Elasticity of Semiflexible Biopolymer Networks
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Elasticity of semiflexible biopolymer networks.
Elasticity of Semiflexible Biopolymer Networks F.C. MacKintosh, ' J. Kas, ' and P. A. Janmey' 'Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-4030 2Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michi an 4M09-1120 3Division of Experimental Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital Harv d M d' I S h i, B ar e ica c oo, oston, Massachusetts 02...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review Letters
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0031-9007,1079-7114
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.75.4425