Numerical modeling of molecular-motor-assisted transport of adenoviral vectors in a spherical cell

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-222

  Kuznetsov, A V ^a   Avramenko, A A ^b   Blinov, D G ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b Department of Modeling of Heat Transfer Processes in Energy and Heat Engineering Facilities   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Molecular motors; Motor assisted transport; Viral trafficking; Viral transport

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOTION; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOTION; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 51649091460     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255840701700957     Document Type: Article

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