A kinetic and stochastic analysis of crossbridge-type stepping mechanisms in rotary molecular motors

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1650-1656

  Walz, Dieter ^a   Caplan, S Roy ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; ELASTICITY; EXPERIMENT; KINETICS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; ROTATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TORQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 24144479390     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.060095     Document Type: Article

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