Analytical solution for steady-state populations in the self-assembly of microtubules from nucleating sites

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 5-

  Freed, Karl F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPHYSICS; KINETICS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TIME FACTORS; TUBULIN;

EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; MOLECULAR MOTORS; SCHRODINGER EQUATIONS; UNIDIRECTIONAL TRANSPORT;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BALLISTICS; FUNCTIONS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ENTROPY;

EID: 84930070068     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.061916     Document Type: Article

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