| Range |
0.4 - 0.5 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 right 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 |
"From Jamney's experiments [primary source], MTs (microtubules) suffer a larger strain for a small stress compared to
either MFs (microfilaments) or IFs (intermediate filaments). The rupture stress for MTs is very
small and typically is about 0.4-0.5N/m^2 [primary source]." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
110105 |