A life-like virtual cell membrane using discrete automata

In Silico Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-178

  Broderick, Gordon ^a   Ru'aini, Melania ^a   Chan, Eugene ^a   Ellison, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agents; Cell membrane; Discrete automata; Flocking; Lipid bilayer; Mathematical model; Stochastic simulation; Virtual cell

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; QUALITY CONTROL; YOUNG MODULUS;

CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 22244463599     PISSN: 13866338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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