Monte Carlo study for fluctuation analysis of the in vitro motility driven by protein motors

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 139-153

  Imafuku, Yasuhiro ^a   Toyoshima, Yoko Y ^b   Tawada, Katsuhisa ^a,c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell motility; Cytoskeletal filaments; Diffusion; Monte Carlo study; Motility; Random walk, biased; Sliding movement

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029992054     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-4622(95)00123-9     Document Type: Article

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