Model for hand-over-hand motion of molecular motors

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Munarriz J ^a   Mazo, J J ^a   Falo, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

FLASHING RATCHET MODEL; MOLECULAR MOTORS;

MOTORS;

EID: 41149162149     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.031915     Document Type: Article

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