Stochastic simulation of neurofilament transport in axons: The "stop-and-go" hypothesis

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 4243-4255

  Brown, Anthony ^a   Wang, Lei ^b   Jung, Peter ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SPREADING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VELOCITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOSKELETON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 24344435089     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E05-02-0141     Document Type: Article

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