Asymptotic analysis of microtubule-based transport by multiple identical molecular motors

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 305, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-69

  McKinley, Scott A ^a   Athreya, Avanti ^b   Fricks, John ^c   Kramer, Peter R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular motors; Stochastic averaging

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICS; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84860167950     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.03.035     Document Type: Article

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