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Molecular Motors with a Stepping Cycle: From Theory to Experiments

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The traffic of molecular motors is often represented by means of Poissonian particles moving on a unidimensional track. However, biological ‘particles’ generally advance with complicated stepping cycles, passing through different biochemical and conformational states. In this contribution we review an extension of the typical exclusion process, the archetypical model of unidimensional transport; we explore it first from a theoretical point of view, and then we show how it has been possible to provide quantitative comparisons to experiments in the context of mRNA translation.

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I would like to thank I. Stansfield, M.C. Romano and A. Parmeggiani. A special thanks also goes to I. Neri and D. Levis.

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  1. DIMNP UMR 5235 CNRS, and Laboratoire Charles Coulomb UMR 5221 CNRS, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier Cedex, France

    Luca Ciandrini

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  1. Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany

    Mohcine Chraibi

  2. Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany

    Maik Boltes

  3. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany

    Andreas Schadschneider

  4. Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany

    Armin Seyfried

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Ciandrini, L. (2015). Molecular Motors with a Stepping Cycle: From Theory to Experiments. In: Chraibi, M., Boltes, M., Schadschneider, A., Seyfried, A. (eds) Traffic and Granular Flow '13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10629-8_70

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