An exact solution describing slow axonal transport of cytoskeletal elements: The effect of a finite half-life

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 468, Issue 2147, 2012, Pages 3384-3397

  Kuznetsov, A V ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Exact solution; Molecular motors; Neurons; Slow axonal transport; Stop and go hypothesis

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; NEURONS;

CYTOSKELETAL ELEMENTS; EXACT SOLUTION; KINETIC PROCESS; MOLECULAR MOTORS; NEUROFILAMENTS; RECTANGULAR PULSE; SHAPE CHANGE; SLOW AXONAL TRANSPORT; STATE MODELS; STOP-AND-GO;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 84868107450     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2012.0061     Document Type: Article

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