title: Phenomenological simulation of self-organization of microtubule driven by dynein c.
abstract: It was recently noticed that in vitro motility assays, driven by random distributed dynein c, microtubules could form self-organized circular patterns, which could be of importance to the design of nanobiomechanical machines. In order to determine key parameters that control the self-organized movement of microtubules, a phenomenological modeling study taking account of the microtubule joining probability distribution and microtubule bias was conducted to investigate the self-organization of microtubules driven by dynein motors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: D Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oiwa
mesh_terms: D004398:Dyneins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D011336:Probability; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004398:Dyneins