A new multicompartmental reaction-diffusion modeling method links transient membrane attachment of E. coli MinE to E-ring formation

Systems and Synthetic Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-53

  Arjunan, Satya Nanda Vel ^a   Tomita, Masaru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial cytoskeleton; Diffusion limited; E Cell; E ring; FtsZ; Multiscale; Noise; Spatial gradient

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 76149129015     PISSN: 18725325     EISSN: 18725333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11693-009-9047-2     Document Type: Article

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