Cytoplasm dynamics and cell motion: Two-phase flow models

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 207-228

  Alt, Wolfgang ^a   Dembo, Micah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cell motion; Cytoplasm dynamics; Free boundary value problem; Hyperbolic elliptic system; Reactive fluids; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

CELL MOTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOPLASM; DYNAMICS; FLOW KINETICS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ACTINS; CELL MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOPLASM; CYTOPLASMIC STREAMING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOSINS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0000079636     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(98)10067-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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