Periodic activity of the cortical cytoskeleton of the lymphoblast: Modelling by a reaction-diffusion system

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 320, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-65

  Le Guyader, Hervé ^a   Hyver, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Actin ring; Cytoskeleton; Lymphoblast; Reaction diffusion equations

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; F ACTIN; MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DEPOLYMERIZATION; LYMPHOBLAST; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROTUBULE; OSCILLATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 0342275248     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(99)80087-0     Document Type: Article

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