Traveling wave solutions for a one-dimensional crawling nematode sperm cell model

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 310-328

  Choi, Y S ^a   Lee, Juliet ^a   Lui, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell motility; Cytoskeletal velocity; Global bifurcation; Shooting argument; Traveling wave

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CELL MOTION; CELL SHAPE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; KINETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROFILAMENT; NEMATODE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SHAPE; CYTOSKELETON; KINETICS; MALE; MICROFILAMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEMATODA; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 21144443833     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-003-0255-1     Document Type: Article

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