Force-velocity relation for actin-polymerization-driven motility from Brownian dynamics simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1295-1304

  Lee, Kun Chun ^a   Liu, Andrea J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; DENDRITIC CELL; FORCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SIMULATION; VELOCITY;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ACTINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 70349605655     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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