A chemical kinetics model for microtubule oscillations

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-88

  Sept, D ^a   Limbach, H J ^b   Bolterauer, H ^b   Tuszynski, J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MODEL; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033531447     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1998.0861     Document Type: Article

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