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.
MeSH terms
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Biological Transport, Active
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Biomechanical Phenomena
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Biophysical Phenomena
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Biophysics
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Cell Movement / physiology*
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Energy Metabolism
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Listeria monocytogenes / physiology
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Membrane Proteins / physiology
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Models, Biological
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Polymers / metabolism
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Thermodynamics
Substances
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Membrane Proteins
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Polymers