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Semiflexible biopolymers in bundled arrangements

Bundles and networks of semiflexible biopolymers are key elements in cells, lending them mechanical integrity while also enabling dynamic functions. Networks have been the subject of many studies, revealing a variety of fundamental characteristics often determined via bulk measurements. Although bundles are equally important in biological systems, they have garnered much less scientific attention since they have to be probed on the mesoscopic scale. Here, we review theoretical as well as experimental approaches, which mainly employ the naturally occurring biopolymer actin, to highlight the principles behind these structures on the single bundle level.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa.de:bsz:15-qucosa-207973
Date04 August 2016
CreatorsSchnauß, Jörg, Händler, Tina, Käs, Josef A.
ContributorsUniversität Leipzig, Fakultät für Physik und Geowissenschaften, Fraunhofer-Institut für Zelltherapie und Immunologie,, MDPI,
PublisherUniversitätsbibliothek Leipzig
Source SetsHochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Formatapplication/pdf
SourcePolymers 2016, 8, 274 doi:10.3390/polym8080274

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