Percolation in a network with long-range connections: Implications for cytoskeletal structure and function

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 388, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1521-1526

  Silveira, Paulo S P ^a,b   Alencar, Adriano M ^a,b   Majumdar, Arnab ^c,d   Lemos, Miriam ^a,b   Fredberg, Jeffrey J ^a   Suki, Béla ^d  

^a Department of Environmental Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell connectivity; F actin; Mechanics; Model; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CELL SIGNALING; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DEFORMATION; MECHANICS; MODELS; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SOLVENTS;

CELL CONNECTIVITY; CYTOSKELETAL FILAMENTS; CYTOSKELETAL ORGANIZATION; CYTOSKELETAL STRUCTURES; END-TO-END CONNECTIVITY; F-ACTIN; SIMULATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS;

PROTEINS;

EID: 59449089897     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2008.12.024     Document Type: Article

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