Thermal drift is enough to drive a single microtubule along its axis even in the absence of motor proteins
Authors:
- R. Sato-YoshitakeRSR. Sato-Yoshitake
- Y. OkadaYOY. Okada
- Y. NodaYNY. Noda
- N. HirokawaNHN. Hirokawa
- 1 December 1993
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Biophysical Journal
- Vol. 65 (6) , 2504-2510
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