Table I. Model variables and parameters... | Rockefeller University Press

Table I.

Model variables and parameters

Symbol	Meaning	Parameter values used	References
$F_{s t a l l}^{k l p / n c d}$	Stall force of the motor	1–10 pN	Schnitzer et al., 2000; Valentine et al., 2006
$F_{d e t}^{k l p / n c d}$	Detachment force of the motor	1–10 pN	Valentine et al., 2006
$V_{m a x}^{k l p / n c d}$	Maximal velocity of the motor	0.01–0.5 μm/s	Tao et al., 2006
$V_{b a c k}^{k l p / n c d}$	Backward velocity of the motor	0.001–5 μm/s	Carter and Cross, 2005
$k_{o n}^{k l p / n c d}$	Binding rate of motors	0.01–10 s⁻¹	Krzysiak et al., 2008
$k_{o f f}^{0, k l p / n c d}$	Load-free detachment rate of motors	0.01–10 s⁻¹	Krzysiak et al., 2008
k, n	Number of bound motors per unit length AP MT	up to 800 μm⁻¹	Sharp et al., 1999a
κ	Spring constant of HL-KLP61F	10–200 pNs/μm	Tawada and Sekimoto, 1991
ζ(t)	Spring constant of nuclear lamin-B envelope	100–200 pNs/μm	Dahl et al., 2004; Cytrynbaum et al., 2005
μ	Effective spindle pole viscous drag coefficient	200 pNs/μm	Marshall et al., 2001
v_MT	Instantaneous velocity of MT	variable	This study
v_pole	Instantaneous velocity of spindle poles	variable	This study
ν_g	MT plus end growth rate	0.1–0.4 μm/s	Cheerambathur et al., 2007
ν_s	MT plus end shrinkage rate	0.1–0.4 μm/s	Cheerambathur et al., 2007
f_res	MT plus end rescue frequency	0.01–0.5 s⁻¹	Cheerambathur et al., 2007
f_cat	MT plus end catastrophe frequency	0.01–0.5 s⁻¹	Cheerambathur et al., 2007

Symbol	Meaning	Parameter values used	References
$F_{s t a l l}^{k l p / n c d}$	Stall force of the motor	1–10 pN	Schnitzer et al., 2000; Valentine et al., 2006
$F_{d e t}^{k l p / n c d}$	Detachment force of the motor	1–10 pN	Valentine et al., 2006
$V_{m a x}^{k l p / n c d}$	Maximal velocity of the motor	0.01–0.5 μm/s	Tao et al., 2006
$V_{b a c k}^{k l p / n c d}$	Backward velocity of the motor	0.001–5 μm/s	Carter and Cross, 2005
$k_{o n}^{k l p / n c d}$	Binding rate of motors	0.01–10 s⁻¹	Krzysiak et al., 2008
$k_{o f f}^{0, k l p / n c d}$	Load-free detachment rate of motors	0.01–10 s⁻¹	Krzysiak et al., 2008
k, n	Number of bound motors per unit length AP MT	up to 800 μm⁻¹	Sharp et al., 1999a
κ	Spring constant of HL-KLP61F	10–200 pNs/μm	Tawada and Sekimoto, 1991
ζ(t)	Spring constant of nuclear lamin-B envelope	100–200 pNs/μm	Dahl et al., 2004; Cytrynbaum et al., 2005
μ	Effective spindle pole viscous drag coefficient	200 pNs/μm	Marshall et al., 2001
v_MT	Instantaneous velocity of MT	variable	This study
v_pole	Instantaneous velocity of spindle poles	variable	This study
ν_g	MT plus end growth rate	0.1–0.4 μm/s	Cheerambathur et al., 2007
ν_s	MT plus end shrinkage rate	0.1–0.4 μm/s	Cheerambathur et al., 2007
f_res	MT plus end rescue frequency	0.01–0.5 s⁻¹	Cheerambathur et al., 2007
f_cat	MT plus end catastrophe frequency	0.01–0.5 s⁻¹	Cheerambathur et al., 2007