A model of cytoplasmically driven microtubule-based motion in the single-celled Caenorhabditis elegans embryo

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 10508-10513

  Shinar, Tamar ^a   Mana, Miyeko ^b   Piano, Fabio ^b,c   Shelley, Michael J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Cellular mechanics; Fluid structure interactions; Motor protein microtubule interactions; Nuclear positioning

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CENTROSOME; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DYNAMICS; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO; FLUID FLOW; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE BASED PRONUCLEAR MOTION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROSOME; CYTOPLASM; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 79960566895     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017369108     Document Type: Article

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