Langevin dynamics deciphers the motility pattern of swimming parasites

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 106, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Zaburdaev, Vasily ^a,b   Uppaluri, Sravanti ^c   Pfohl, Thomas ^c,d   Engstler, Markus ^e   Friedrich, Rudolf ^f   Stark, Holger ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMES; CELL BEHAVIORS; CELL BODIES; CELL MOTILITY; COMPLEX DYNAMICS; COMPLEX TRAJECTORIES; DIRECTION OF MOTION; LANGEVIN DYNAMICS; LANGEVIN EQUATION; MAMMALIAN HOSTS; PARASITE-; RAPID DEFORMATION; ROTATIONAL DIFFUSION; SLEEPING SICKNESS; TWO RELAXATION TIME; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MAMMALS;

EID: 79960625009     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.208103     Document Type: Article

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