A diffusion-translocation model for gradient sensing by chemotactic cells

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1314-1323

  Postma, Marten ^a   Van Haastert, Peter J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CYTOSOL; DICTYOSTELIUM; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034866573     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)75788-8     Document Type: Article

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