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. 1993 Jul;65(1):316-24.
doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(93)81035-X.

Cellular motions and thermal fluctuations: the Brownian ratchet

C S Peskin  1 , G M Odell, G F Oster
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Cellular motions and thermal fluctuations: the Brownian ratchet

C S Peskin et al. Biophys J. 1993 Jul.

Abstract

We present here a model for how chemical reactions generate protrusive forces by rectifying Brownian motion. This sort of energy transduction drives a number of intracellular processes, including filopodial protrusion, propulsion of the bacterium Listeria, and protein translocation.

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