CELLULAR MOTIONS AND THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS - THE BROWNIAN RATCHET

Authors
PESKIN CS ODELL GM OSTER GF
Citation
Cs. Peskin et al., CELLULAR MOTIONS AND THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS - THE BROWNIAN RATCHET, Biophysical journal, 65(1), 1993, pp. 316-324
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Biophysics
Journal title
Biophysical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00063495
Volume
65
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
316 - 324
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-3495(1993)65:1<316:CMATF->2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We present here a model for how chemical reactions generate protrusive forces by rectifying Brownian motion. This sort of energy transductio n drives a number of intracellular processes, including filopodial pro trusion, propulsion of the bacterium Listeria, and protein translocati on.