A macroscopic description of biomolecular transport

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 189-206

  Elston, Timothy C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion coefficient; Processive enzyme; Stochastic process

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIFFUSION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; DIFFUSION; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTEINS;

EID: 0034277971     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002850000043     Document Type: Article

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