Aggregation and collapse in a mechanical model of fungal tip growth

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-138

  Regalado, Carlos M ^a,c   Sleeman, Brian D ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Fokker Planck equation; Fungi; Reinforced random walk; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOSKELETON; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOSKELETON; FUNGI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033174551     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002850050165     Document Type: Article

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