Force generation by dynamic microtubule polymers

Comprehensive Biophysics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 93-117

  Grishchuk, E L ^a   McIntosh, J R ^b   Molodtsov, M I ^c   Ataullakhanov, F I ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PROBLEMS OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HEMATOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^f MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biased diffusion; Cell division; Coupler; Dam1 ring; Kinetochore; Mathematical modeling; Microtubule; Mitosis; Molecular machine; Polymer; Power stroke; Protofilament

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860776487     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374920-8.00409-4     Document Type: Chapter

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