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Biomechanical properties of intermediate filaments: from tissues to single filaments and back

  1. Laurent Kreplak1,*,
  2. Douglas Fudge2

Article first published online: 22 DEC 2006

DOI: 10.1002/bies.20514

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BioEssays

BioEssays

Volume 29, Issue 1, pages 26–35, January 2007

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Kreplak, L. and Fudge, D. (2007), Biomechanical properties of intermediate filaments: from tissues to single filaments and back. Bioessays, 29: 26–35. doi: 10.1002/bies.20514

Author Information

  1. 1

    M.E. Müller Institute for Structural Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland

  2. 2

    Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Canada

*M.E. Müller Institute for Structural Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 22 DEC 2006
  2. Article first published online: 22 DEC 2006

Funded by

  • L.K. was supported by a grant from the Swiss Society for Research on Muscular Diseases awarded to Ueli Aebi and Sergei Strelkov. D.F was supported by a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada postdoctoral fellowship and a Seed Grant for Innovative Projects from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. This work was also supported by grants from the NCCR “Nanoscale Science”, the Swiss National Science Foundation, and the M.E. Müller Foundation, all awarded to Ueli Aebi

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