Effects of C-Termini distribution on ion transport along microtubules

Interdisciplinary Sciences – Computational Life Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 108-112

  Chelminiak, P W ^a,b   Tuszynski J A ^a   Dixon, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biased diffusion; c termini; ion transport; microtubules

Indexed keywords

ION; ISOPROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROTUBULE; PH; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; KINETICS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TUBULIN;

EID: 77954199792     PISSN: 19132751     EISSN: 18671462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12539-009-0010-9     Document Type: Article

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