How molecular motors are arranged on a cargo is important for vesicular transport

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Erickson, Robert P ^a   Jia, Zhiyuan ^a   Gross, Steven P ^a   Yu, Clare C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; PROTEINS;

INTRACELLULAR TRAFFICKING; KINESINS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR MOTORS; MOTOR FUNCTION; MULTIPLE MOTOR; ROTATIONAL DIFFUSION; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION; TRANSLATIONAL DIFFUSION; VESICULAR TRANSPORT;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KINESIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLYSIS; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISCOSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TRANSPORT VESICLE;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSPORT VESICLES; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79958149265     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002032     Document Type: Article

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