by J. A. Tuszyński, T. Luchko, S. Portet and 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.
Reference:
Anisotropic elastic properties of microtubules. (J. A. Tuszyński, T. Luchko, S. Portet and J. M. Dixon), In Eur Phys J E Soft Matter, volume 17, 2005.
Bibtex Entry:
@ARTICLE{Tuszynski2005a,
author = {J. A. Tuszyński and T. Luchko and S. Portet and J. M. Dixon},
title = {Anisotropic elastic properties of microtubules.},
journal = {Eur Phys J E Soft Matter},
year = {2005},
volume = {17},
pages = {29--35},
number = {1},
month = {May},
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.},
doi = {10.1140/epje/i2004-10102-5},
institution = {Department of Physics, University of Alberta, T6G 2J1, Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada, jtus@phys.ualberta.ca},
keywords = {Animals; Anisotropy; Computer Simulation; Elasticity; Humans; Microtubules,
chemistry/physiology/ultrastructure; Models, Biological; Models,
Chemical; Models, Molecular; Multiprotein Complexes, chemistry/physiology/ultrastructure;
Protein Binding; Stress, Mechanical; Tubulin, chemistry/physiology/ultrastructure},
language = {eng},
medline-pst = {ppublish},
owner = {sportet},
pmid = {15864724},
timestamp = {2013.11.13},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2004-10102-5}
}