| Range |
~3.5 N/m^2
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| Organism |
Eukaryotes |
| Reference |
Tuszynski JA, Luchko T, Portet S, Dixon JM. Anisotropic elastic properties of microtubules. Eur Phys J E Soft Matter. 2005 May17(1):29-35. p.29 left column top paragraphPubMed ID15864724
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| Primary Source |
Janmey PA, Euteneuer U, Traub P, Schliwa M. Viscoelastic properties of vimentin compared with other filamentous biopolymer networks. J Cell Biol. 1991 Apr113(1):155-60.PubMed ID2007620
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| Comments |
"...the two-
dimensional arrangement of MFs (microfilaments) in contractile fibers, so-called stress fibers, appears to form cable-like structures
involved in the maintenance of the cell shape and transduction pathways. F-actin can support large stresses without a great deal of deformation and it ruptures at approximately 3.5N/m^2 [primary source]." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
110103 |