# Master Equation Approach to Molecular Motors

Source: [Master Equation Approach to Molecular Motors](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa255d2c2a3760193af63d>)

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Authors: Gianluca Lattanzi, Amos Maritan

Published: 2001-08-27T12:29:28.000Z

## Abstract

A master equation approach to molecular motors allows to describe a mechano-chemical cyclic system where chemical and translational degrees of freedom are treated on an equal footing. A generalized detailed balance condition in the out of equilibrium regime is shown to be compatible with the Fokker-Planck equation in the continuum limit. The Onsager reciprocity relations hold for stationary states close to equilibrium, provided the generalized detailed balance condition is satisfied. Semi-phenomenological considerations in the case of motor proteins lead to a discrete kinetics model, for which interesting observable quantities can be directly calculated and compared with experimental data.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0108427>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/0108427.pdf>)