Integrodifferential model for orientational distributions of F-actin in cells

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 787-809

  Geigant, Edith ^a   Ladizhansky, Karina ^b   Mogilner, Alexander ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROTEINS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0344211073     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/s0036139996309539     Document Type: Article

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