Extracting the Stepping Dynamics of Molecular Motors in Living Cells from Trajectories of Single Particles

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-11

  Bruno, Augusto ^a   Bruno, Luciana ^a   Levi, Valeria ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dwell time; Molecular motors; Single particle tracking; Stepping dynamics; Xenopus melanophores

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871495904     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12013-012-9397-3     Document Type: Article

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