Mechanisms of B-cell synapse formation predicted by Monte Carlo simulation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4196-4208

  Tsourkas, Philippos K ^a   Baumgarth, Nicole ^b   Simon, Scott I ^a   Raychaudhuri, Subhadip ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LIGAND; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOPHYSICS; CELL SURFACE; DIFFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; LIGAND BINDING; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIMULATION;

EID: 34250357714     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.094995     Document Type: Article

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