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A model of soliton transport along microtubules

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The uniform and jerklike microvesicle movement along microtubules as a result of soliton (a generated kink) formation on a filament is presented.

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  1. Department of Theoretical Physics, Silesian University, ul. Unwersytecka 4, 40-007, Katowice, Poland

    Ryszard Mańka

  2. Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Silesian University, ul. Jagiellonska 28, 40-032, Katowice, Poland

    Bogdan Ogrodnik

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Mańka, R., Ogrodnik, B. A model of soliton transport along microtubules. J Biol Phys 18, 185–189 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00417807

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