Compartment volume influences microtubule dynamic instability: A model study

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 788-798

  Janulevicius, Albertas ^a   Van Pelt, Jaap ^a   Van Ooyen, Arjen ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TYPE; DIFFUSION; GROWTH CONE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL GROWTH; POLYMERIZATION; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 33646191171     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.059410     Document Type: Article

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