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COOPERATIVE TRANSPORT BY SMALL TEAMS OF MOLECULAR MOTORS

2006/10/01 by Stefan Klumpp, STEFAN KLUMPP, Melanie J. I. Muller +3
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Physics and Astronomy · #Micro and Nano Robotics #Microtubule and mitosis dynamics #cond-mat.stat-mech #q-bio.BM #q-bio.SC #stochastic dynamics and bifurcation

paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s1793048006000288

published as Biophysical Reviews and Letters 1, 353-361 (2006) · 9 pages, 1 figure, uses ws-brl.cls, presented at Bio-Systems conference, Berlin, June 2006

openalex publication_date 2006/10/01 · arxiv created 2006/12/04 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Molecular motors power directed transport of cargoes within cells. Even if a single motor is sufficient to transport a cargo, motors often cooperate in small teams. We discuss the cooperative cargo transport by several motors theoretically and explore some of its properties. In particular we emphasize how motor teams can drag cargoes through a viscous environment.

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