Transport in a molecular motor system
ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique, Volume 38 (2004) no. 6, p. 1011-1034

Intracellular transport in eukarya is attributed to motor proteins that transduce chemical energy into directed mechanical energy. This suggests that, in nonequilibrium systems, fluctuations may be oriented or organized to do work. Here we seek to understand how this is manifested by quantitative mathematical portrayals of these systems.

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1051/m2an:2004048
Classification:  34D23,  35K50,  35K57,  92C37,  92C45
Keywords: Fokker-Planck, weakly coupled system, molecular motor, brownian rachet, transport
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Chipot, Michel; Hastings, Stuart; Kinderlehrer, David. Transport in a molecular motor system. ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique, Volume 38 (2004) no. 6, pp. 1011-1034. doi : 10.1051/m2an:2004048. http://www.numdam.org/item/M2AN_2004__38_6_1011_0/

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