Controlling the ratchet effect through the symmetries of the systems: Application to molecular motors

BioSystems

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 308-315

  Chacón, Ricardo ^a   Quintero, Niurka R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ratchets; Rectification; Transport processes

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BROWNIAN MOTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; PROTEIN; SYMMETRY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FORCE; MODULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; SPATIAL SUMMATION; STANDARD; THEORY; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 33847420444     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2006.09.040     Document Type: Article

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