Force Dependence of the Michaelis Constant in a Two-State Ratchet Model for Molecular Motors
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Force dependence of the Michaelis constant in a two-state ratchet model for molecular motors.
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review Letters
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0031-9007,1079-7114
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.86.1134