Coordination and collective properties of molecular motors: theory

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-20

  Guérin, Thomas ^a   Prost, Jacques ^a,b   Martin, Pascal ^a   Joanny, Jean François ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN; MYOSIN V;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; BINDING SITE; CELL MOTION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CROSS LINKING; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; FORCE; GOLGI COMPLEX; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOVEMENT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHEOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 75749090448     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2009.12.012     Document Type: Review

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