Macroscopic modeling of slow axonal transport of rapidly diffusible soluble proteins

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 293-296

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

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b National academy of sciences of Ukraine   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Axons; Molecular motors; Motor assisted transport; Neurons; Slow axonal transport; Soluble proteins

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LINEAR MOTORS; MODEL STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOTORS; NEURONS;

AXONS; MOLECULAR MOTORS; MOTOR-ASSISTED TRANSPORT; SLOW AXONAL TRANSPORT; SOLUBLE PROTEINS;

PROTEINS;

EID: 62549147019     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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