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Publication 07-CNA-02
Diffusion Mediated Transport with a Look at Motor Proteins Stuart Hastings David Kinderlehrer Bryce McLeod Abstract: In this note we discuss transport properties of weakly coupled parabolic systems of evolution equations. These arise in the study of molecular motors, like conventional kinesin, which are re sponsible for eukaryotic intracellular transport. It falls under the rubric of what we call diffusion mediated transport. Diffusion mediated transport generally concrns directed transport or oriented fluctuations of a system with a high degree of randomness and requires special collaboration among its various elements to achieve. We discuss how this plays out in multiple state systems. Get the paper in its entirety as |