Bias in the gradient-sensing response of chemotactic cells

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 242-258

  Skupsky, Ron ^a,b   McCann, Colin ^b   Nossal, Ralph ^a   Losert, Wolfgang ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Gradient sensing; Linear stability theory; Phosphoinositides

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITIDE;

ADAPTATION; CHEMOTAXIS; PERTURBATION; PLASTICITY; POLARIZATION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; CHEMOTAXIS; DIFFUSION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUTROPHILS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 34249801518     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.02.016     Document Type: Article

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