A mathematical model of ParA filament-mediated chromosome movement in Caulobacter crescentus

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 307, Issue , 2012, Pages 82-95

  Shtylla, Blerta ^a   Keener, James P ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biased diffusion; Chromosome segregation; ParAB partitioning system

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MONOMER; PROTEIN PARA; PROTEIN PARB; PROTEIN TIPN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; CYTOPLASM; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL TRACKING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOPLASM; DEPOLYMERIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MICROFILAMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CYTOSKELETON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 84861632337     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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