Computer simulation of wound closure in epithelial tissues: Cell-basal-lamina adhesion

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Nagai, Tatsuzo ^a   Honda, Hisao ^b  

^a KYUSHU KYORITSU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HYOGO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ELASTICITY; CELL MODEL; CELL MONOLAYERS; CELL-CELL ADHESION; EPITHELIAL TISSUE; MODEL PARAMETERS; NORMAL TISSUE; POLYGON EDGES; SHAPE FACTOR; SIMULATION RESULT; STATISTICAL PHYSICS; TIME VARIATIONS; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADHESION; CELL ADHESION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; MONOLAYERS;

CELLS;

EID: 73649128568     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.061903     Document Type: Article

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