Spatial pattern formation during aggregation of the slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 203-213

  Van Oss, Catelijne ^a,c   Panfilov, Alexandre V ^a   Hogeweg, Pauline ^a   Siegert, Florian ^b   Weijer, Cornelis J ^b,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP;

ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DENSITY; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURNOVER TIME;

EID: 0030573673     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0126     Document Type: Article

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