Kinesin velocity increases with the number of motors pulling against viscoelastic drag

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 801-813

  Gagliano, Jason ^a   Walb, Matthew ^a   Blaker, Brian ^a   MacOsko, Jed C ^a   Holzwarth, George ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drag force; Kinesin; Motility assay; Motor protein; Multiple motors; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISCOSITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; KINESIN; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOTION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77952093034     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-009-0560-8     Document Type: Article

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