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Stored elastic energy powers the 60-μm extension of the Limulus polyphemus sperm actin bundle

During the 5 s of the acrosome reaction of Limulus polyphemus sperm, a 60-μm-long bundle of scruin-decorated actin filaments straightens from a coiled conformation and extends from the cell. To identify the motive force for this movement, we examined the possible sources of chemical and mechanical e...

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Autores principales: Shin, Jennifer H., Mahadevan, L., Waller, Guillermina S., Langsetmo, Knut, Matsudaira, Paul
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2173959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14517201
http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200304006