Molecular motors, brownian ratchets, and reflected diffusions

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 711-734

  Budhiraja, Amarjit ^a   Fricks, John ^b,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic velocity; Brownian ratchets; Flashing ratchet; Kinesin; Molecular motors; Reflected diffusions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745302841     PISSN: 15313492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcdsb.2006.6.711     Document Type: Article

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