Dynamics of molecular motors and polymer translocation with sequence heterogeneity

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3373-3391

  Kafri, Yariv ^a   Lubensky, David K ^b,c   Nelson, David R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; EXONUCLEASE; HELICASE; MOLECULAR MOTOR; POLYMER; POLYNUCLEOTIDE; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 2942685818     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.103.036152     Document Type: Article

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