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J A Tuszyński1, T Luchko, S Portet, J M Dixon.
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.Mesh:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15864724 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2004-10102-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur Phys J E Soft Matter ISSN: 1292-8941 Impact factor: 1.890