Critical motor number for fractional steps of cytoskeletal filaments in gliding assays.

In gliding assays, filaments are pulled by molecular motors that are immobilized on a solid surface. By varying the motor density on the surface, one can control the number N of motors that pull simultaneously on a single filament. Here, such gliding assays are studied theoretically using brownian (...

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Main Authors: Xin Li, Reinhard Lipowsky, Jan Kierfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3424228?pdf=render