Coupled simple exclusion process models

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dc.contributor.advisorKolomeisky, Anatoly B.
dc.creatorTsekouras, Konstantinos
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-03T18:33:24Z
dc.date.available2018-12-03T18:33:24Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates problems in the overall context of intracellular particle transport using coupled simple exclusion processes to construct mathematical models of systems under consideration. Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and cluster mean-field theory are used to analytically solve the model steady state and derive phase diagrams and quantities characteristic of transport such as average density and entrance/bulk/exit currents. All results are supported by extensive Monte-Carlo simulations. Four systems are investigated, namely: A system where kinesin motor proteins jump between microtubule tracks due to a single-point inhomogeneity; a system where transport of kinesins on a microtubule is interrupted by a diffusive compartment; a system where kinesin transport on a microtubule is coupled to the aqueous medium surrounding it; and finally a system where dyneins are transported on two protofilaments linked to each other at every site.
dc.format.extent151 pp
dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS PHYS. 2010 TSEKOURAS
dc.identifier.citationTsekouras, Konstantinos. "Coupled simple exclusion process models." (2009) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/103746">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/103746</a>.
dc.identifier.digital751285082
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/103746
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectCondensed matter physics
dc.subjectBiophysics
dc.subjectPure sciences
dc.subjectBiological sciences
dc.subjectKinesins
dc.subjectMicrotubules
dc.subjectParticle transport
dc.titleCoupled simple exclusion process models
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentPhysics
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy
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