Force-generation and dynamic instability of microtubule bundles

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 8920-8925

  Laan, Liedewij ^a   Husson, Julien ^a   Munteanu, E Laura ^a   Kerssemakers, Jacob W J ^a,b   Dogterom, Marileen ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chromosome oscillations; Optical tweezers; Simulations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; FORCE; MICROTUBULE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; SEA URCHIN;

5' GUANYLYLMETHYLENEBISPHOSPHONATE; 5'-GUANYLYLMETHYLENEBISPHOSPHONATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MICROTUBULES; SEA URCHINS;

EID: 48249138121     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0710311105     Document Type: Article

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