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Long-range cargo transport on crowded microtubules: The motor jamming mechanism

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  • Rossi, Lucas W.
  • Radtke, Paul K.
  • Goldman, Carla

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The hopping model for cargo transport by molecular motors introduced in Goldman and Sena (2009), Goldman (2010) is extended here in order to incorporate the movement of cargo–motor complexes (C–MC). Hopping processes in this context express the possibility for cargo to be exchanged between neighboring motors at a microtubule where the transport takes place. Jamming of motors is essential for cargos to execute long-range movement in this way. Results from computer simulations accompanied by a mean-field analysis of the extended model confirm our previous analytical results and suggests that an interplay between cargo hopping and the movement of the C–MC’s would control the efficiency of cargo transfer and cargo delivery in these model systems.

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  • Rossi, Lucas W. & Radtke, Paul K. & Goldman, Carla, 2014. "Long-range cargo transport on crowded microtubules: The motor jamming mechanism," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 401(C), pages 319-329.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:401:y:2014:i:c:p:319-329
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2014.01.041
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    1. Goldman, Carla & Sena, Elisa T., 2009. "The dynamics of cargo driven by molecular motors in the context of asymmetric simple exclusion processes," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 388(17), pages 3455-3464.
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