Locomotive mechanism of Physarum plasmodia based on spatiotemporal analysis of protoplasmic streaming

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2492-2504

  Matsumoto, Kenji ^a   Takagi, Seiji ^a   Nakagaki, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MOTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOPLASM; LOCOMOTION; PHYSARUM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOPLASM; CYTOPLASMIC STREAMING; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSARUM;

EID: 41649099112     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.113050     Document Type: Article

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