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Comparison of the behaviour of actin filaments either modified with tetramethylrhodamine iodoacetamide or decorated with tetramethylrhodamine-phalloidin or with tropomyosin or with myosin subfragment 1 shows that, in all the cases, yield strength is linearly related to stiffness.
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Grazi, E., Cintio, O. & Trombetta, G. On the mechanics of the actin filament: the linear relationship between stiffness and yield strength allows estimation of the yield strength of thin filament in vivo . J Muscle Res Cell Motil 25, 103–105 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JURE.0000021348.10678.f9
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