The enigma of microtubules and their self-organizing behavior in the cytoskeleton

BioSystems

Volumn 42, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 153-175

  Tuszynski J A ^a   Trpisova B ^a   Sept, D ^a   Sataric M V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Microtubules; Modeling; Self organization; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; ENERGY TRANSFER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0030974241     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2647(97)01704-8     Document Type: Article

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