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physics.bio-ph2015★ 38 cited
Paramagnetic response of muscle-type systems
Matthieu Caruel, Lev Truskinovsky
We provide a prototypical description of mechanically-induced collective conformational change (folding), relevant in a variety of biological contexts from muscle contraction to ha…
physics.bio-ph2015★ 37 cited
Mechanics of collective unfolding
M Caruel, J. -M Allain, L Truskinovsky
Mechanically induced unfolding of passive crosslinkers is a fundamental biological phenomenon encountered across the scales from individual macro-molecules to cytoskeletal actin ne…