Using computational modeling to understand microtubule dynamics: A primer for cell biologists

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 95, Issue C, 2010, Pages 175-188

  Goodson, Holly V ^a   Gregoretti, Ivan V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REVIEW; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CELL BIOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 77955296286     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(10)95010-3     Document Type: Book

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