Regularity and synchrony in motor proteins

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 484-516

  DeVille, R E Lee ^a   Vanden Eijnden, Eric ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular motors; Muscle contraction; Stochastic resonance; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN; MYOSIN II; MYOSIN V;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SARCOMERE; STATISTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

CYTOPLASMIC STREAMING; CYTOPLASMIC VESICLES; DYNEIN ATPASE; KINESIN; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOSIN TYPE II; MYOSIN TYPE V; PERIODICITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SARCOMERES; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 38549092261     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-007-9266-1     Document Type: Article

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