Self-organization and other emergent properties in a simple biological system of microtubules

Complexus

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 200-210

  Tabony, James ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Bifurcations and triggering factors; Cell biology; Microtubules; Particle transport and organization; Positional information; Reaction diffusion; Replication of form; Self organization, biological

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ANT; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSPORT; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; GRAVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 36949038741     PISSN: 14248492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095480     Document Type: Review

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