Initiation of cytoskeletal asymmetry for cell polarization and movement

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 278-288

  Fuhrmann, Jan ^a   Käs, Josef ^b   Stevens, Angela ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin dynamics; Cell motility; Mathematical modeling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MONOMER;

ASYMMETRY; CELL ORGANELLE; MOTILITY; MOVEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLARIZATION; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CYTOSKELETON; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REACTION TIME;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 35448947491     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.08.013     Document Type: Article

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