Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 15-22 , 5 January 2010

A multi-scale approach to understand the mechanobiology of intermediate filaments

  • Zhao Qin

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 1-235A&B, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
    • Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 1-235A&B, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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  • Markus J. Buehler

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 1-235A&B, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
    • Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 1-235A&B, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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  • Laurent Kreplak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, NS B3 H 3J5
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +19024948435; fax: +19024945191.

,Accepted 21 August 2009.

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PII: S0021-9290(09)00495-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.09.004

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 15-22 , 5 January 2010