Hierarchical Structure Controls Nanomechanical Properties of Vimentin Intermediate Filaments

Intermediate filaments (often abbreviated as IFs), in addition to microtubules and microfilaments, are one of the three major components of the cytoskeleton in eukaryotic cells (Figure 1). It has been suggested that intermediate filaments are crucial in defining key mechanical functions of cells suc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bertaud, Jérémie, Buehler, Markus J
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Published: ASME International 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117221
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