A Landau-Ginzburg model of the co-existence of free tubulin and assembled microtubules in nucleation and oscillations phenomena

Journal of Biological Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-15

  Sept, D ^a   Tuszynski J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microtubule assembly; Phase diagram; Tubulin concentration

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

CALCULATION; ENERGY; ENTHALPY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MODEL; OSCILLATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0342368661     PISSN: 00920606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005225911159     Document Type: Review

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