Stochastic noise and synchronisation during Dictyostelium aggregation make cAMP oscillations robust

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2190-2198

  Kim, Jongrae ^a   Heslop Harrison, Pat ^a   Postlethwaite, Ian ^a   Bates, Declan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ROBUST CONTROL; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

AGGREGATION PHASE; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; INTRACELLULAR NETWORKS; MONOPHOSPHATES; ROBUST CONTROL THEORY; STABLE OSCILLATIONS; STOCHASTIC FLUCTUATION; STOCHASTIC NOISE; STOCHASTIC SYNCHRONIZATION;

CELL CULTURE;

CYCLIC AMP;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL CULTURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DICTYOSTELIUM; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; THEORY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLIC AMP; DICTYOSTELIUM; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 36949034670     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030218     Document Type: Article

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