Taxis equations for amoeboid cells

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 847-885

  Erban, Radek ^a   Othmer, Hans G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Amoeboid cells; Chemotaxis equation; Direction sensing; Microscopic models; Velocity jump process

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DICTYOSTELIUM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLIC AMP; DICTYOSTELIUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 34249732168     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-007-0070-1     Document Type: Article

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