3D amoeboid migration of a eukaryotic cell in a fiber matrix

Artificial Life and Robotics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Ly, Donald L ^a   Lumsden, Charles J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 Dvisual simulation; Amoeboid cell motility; Collagen extracellular matrix; Persistent random walk; Pseudopods

Indexed keywords

3 DVISUAL SIMULATION; ADHESION SITES; AMOEBOID CELL MOTILITY; BIOMORPHIC; CANCER CELLS; CANCER INVASION; CELL BODIES; CELL DETACHMENT; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL TRANSLOCATION; CELL-MATRIX ADHESION; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FIBER MATRIX; IMMUNE CELLS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KEY PROCESS; MOTION CYCLE; PERSISTENT RANDOM WALK; PSEUDOPODS; SIMULATED TRAJECTORIES; TISSUE DEVELOPMENT; WOUND HEALING;

ADHESION; ASSOCIATIVE STORAGE; CELL MEMBRANES; COLLAGEN; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 70349878960     PISSN: 14335298     EISSN: 16147456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10015-008-0708-0     Document Type: Article

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