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C S Peskin1, G M Odell, G F Oster.
Abstract
We present here a model for how chemical reactions generate protrusive forces by rectifying Brownian motion. This sort of energy transduction drives a number of intracellular processes, including filopodial protrusion, propulsion of the bacterium Listeria, and protein translocation.Mesh:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8369439 PMCID: PMC1225726 DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(93)81035-X
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biophys J ISSN: 0006-3495 Impact factor: 4.033