The stochastic dynamics of filopodial growth

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3839-3852

  Lan, Yueheng ^a   Papoian, Garegin A ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOPODIUM; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; PSEUDOPODIA; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 43849086657     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.123778     Document Type: Article

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