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Effective potential of longitudinal interactions between microtubule protofilaments

Neek Amal, M ; Sharif University of Technology | 2008

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.011912
  3. Publisher: 2008
  4. Abstract:
  5. An effective potential for longitudinal interactions between adjacent protofilaments in a microtubule is introduced. Our proposed interaction potential is a periodic and continuous function of the offset between two protofilaments, which also incorporates the bending energy of protofilaments. This potential produces the results of atomistic simulations. Further, using the potential, a Monte Carlo simulation gives results for the skew angles of observed structures that are in good agreement with experiments. © 2008 The American Physical Society
  6. Keywords:
  7. Monte Carlo methods ; Atomistic simulations ; Bending energies ; Continuous functions ; Effective potentials ; Interaction potentials ; Microtubule ; Monte Carlo Simulation ; Protofilaments ; Skew angles ; Flow interactions
  8. Source: Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics ; Volume 78, Issue 1 , 2008 ; 15393755 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.78.011912