Walks of molecular motors in two and three dimensions

Preprint

11 March 2002

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.cond-mat/0203230

Abstract

Molecular motors interacting with cytoskeletal filaments undergo peculiar random walks consisting of alternating sequences of directed movements along the filaments and diffusive motion in the surrounding solution. An ensemble of motors is studied which interacts with a single filament in two and three dimensions. The time evolution of the probability distribution for the bound and unbound motors is determined analytically. The diffusion of the motors is strongly enhanced parallel to the filament. The analytical expressions are in excellent agreement with the results of Monte Carlo simulations.

Keywords

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION
MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS
DIMENSIONS MOLECULAR
MOLECULAR MOTORS
RANDOM WALKS
FILAMENTS
DIFFUSION
MOTORS
WALKS

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Version 1, 2002-03-11, ArXiv
Published version: Europhysics Letters, 58 (3), 468.

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