Cooperative symmetry-breaking by actin polymerization in a model for cell motility

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 493-499

  Van Oudenaarden, Alexander ^a,b   Theriot, Julie A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

ACTIN; BIOPOLYMER; CELL EXTRACT; MICROSPHERE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MOTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ELASTICITY; KINETICS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLISM; MOTION; PROTEIN BINDING; STATISTICS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOPOLYMERS; CELL EXTRACTS; CELL MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ELASTICITY; KINETICS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; POLYSTYRENES; PROTEIN BINDING; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TUBULIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033258036     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/70281     Document Type: Article

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