Departmental Papers (CBE)
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
March 2006
Abstract
Networks of filamentous actin cross-linked with the actin-binding protein filamin A exhibit remarkable strain stiffening leading to an increase in differential elastic modulus by several orders of magnitude over the linear value. The variation of the frequency dependence of the differential elastic and loss moduli as a function of prestress is consistent with that observed in living cells, suggesting that cell elasticity is always measured in the nonlinear regime, and that prestress is an essential control parameter.
Recommended Citation
Gardel, M. L., Nakamura, F., Hartwig, J., Crocker, J. C., Stossel, T. P., & Weitz, D. A. (2006). Stress-Dependent Elasticity of Composite Actin Networks as a Model for Cell Behavior . Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/cbe_papers/63
Date Posted: 17 June 2006
This document has been peer reviewed.
Comments
Copyright American Physical Society. Reprinted from Physical Review Letters, Volume 96, Issue 8, Article 088102, March 2006, 4 pages.
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.088102