Spatial simulations of myxobacterial development

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Holmes, Antony B ^a   Kalvala, Sara ^b   Whitworth, David E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL AGGREGATES; FRUITING BODIES; MONTE CARLO DYNAMICS; MULTICELLULAR DEVELOPMENT; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; POPULATION LEVELS; SPATIAL SIMULATION; SPONTANEOUS FORMATION; THEORETICAL MODELING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; FRUITING BODY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SIMULATION; SPOROGENESIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; ALGORITHM; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

ALGORITHMS; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77649221584     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000686     Document Type: Article

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