Direct Measurement of the Torsional Rigidity of Single Actin Filaments

• 1 October 1996
• journal article
• Published by Elsevier in Journal of Molecular Biology
• Vol. 263  (2) , 227-236
• https://doi.org/10.1006/jmbi.1996.0571

Abstract

Keywords

• OPTICAL MICROSCOPE
• FLUORESCENCE
• OPTICAL TWEEZERS
• DIVALENT CATION
• FLEXURAL RIGIDITY
• BROWNIAN MOTION
• CELL MOTILITY
• OPTICAL TRAPPING
• OPTICAL TWEEZER
• ACTIN FILAMENTS

Funding Information

• Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Keio University
• Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology