Propagation of localized bending deformations in microtubules

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 525-532

  Tuszynski J A ^a,b   Portet, S ^c   Dixon, J M ^d   Nishino, M ^e   Yu Lee, L Y ^e  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending dynamics; Microtubules; Sine Gordon Equation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; ANGULAR DEVIATIONS; ATP HYDROLYSIS; BENDING DEFORMATIONS; BENDING DYNAMICS; BENDING FORCE; BENDING MODES; BENDING MOTION; COMPRESSIONAL; CONTINUUM MEDIUM MODEL; ELASTIC ROD; MACROSCOPIC LEVELS; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULES; PROPAGATION VELOCITIES; SINE-GORDON EQUATION; SUBSONIC SPEED; VISCOUS DAMPING;

DEFORMATION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

EID: 66249119001     PISSN: 15461955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2009.1064     Document Type: Article

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