Unidirectional movement of an actin filament taking advantage of temperature gradients

BioSystems

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 253-262

  Kawaguchi, Tomoaki ^a   Honda, Hajime ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin; Heat engine; Temperature gradient; Unidirectional movement

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; LYSINE; MONOMER;

MOVEMENT; PROTEIN; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34447095103     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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