Communication distance in the intercellular signaling by cyto/chemokine or autacoid

Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 87-91

  Yoshida, Fukuo ^a   Horiike, Kihachiro ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Communication distance; Diffusion equation; Flux; Intercellular signaling; Secretion

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442581455     PISSN: 03862208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2183/pjab.75.87     Document Type: Article

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