Stochastic simulation of actin dynamics reveals the role of annealing and fragmentation

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 173-183

  Fass, Joseph ^a   Pak, Chi ^b   Bamburg, James ^b   Mogilner, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Monte Carlo simulations; Polymer length

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; F ACTIN; POLYMER; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANNEALING; DIFFUSIVITY; FRAGMENTATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POLYMERIZATION; STOCHASTICITY;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; DYNAMICS; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ACTINS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROFILAMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 41949132039     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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