Models of Assembly and Disassembly of Individual Microtubules: Stochastic and Averaged Equations

Journal of Biological Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-22

  Bolterauer, H ^a   Limbach, H J ^a   Tuszynski J A ^a,b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic instability; Master equations; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342459233     PISSN: 00920606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005159215657     Document Type: Article

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