Simulations of dynamics of actin filaments by remodeling them in shearflows

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 876-882

  Inoue, Yasuhiro ^a,c   Deji, Takeji ^a,c   Shimada, Yoshitaka ^a,c   Hojo, Masaki ^a   Adachi, Taiji ^b,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin remodeling; Mesoscopic biomolecular model; Multiparticle collision dynamics; Non Newtonian fluid

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN REMODELING; CELL MOTILITY; MECHANOCHEMICALS; MESOSCOPIC BIOMOLECULAR MODEL; MULTI-PARTICLE COLLISION DYNAMICS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS;

DYNAMICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; RHEOLOGY; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOUS FLOW;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOSITY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENTS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

EID: 78649329138     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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