Detailed simulations of cell biology with Smoldyn 2.1

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Andrews, Steven S ^a,b,c,f   Addy, Nathan J ^c,f   Brent, Roger ^c,f   Arkin, Adam P ^a,d,e  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c The Molecular Sciences Institute   (United States)

^d University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

^e Virtual Institute for Microbial Stress and Survival   (United States)

^f Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SIGNALING; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; PROTEINS;

CELL BIOLOGY; CELLULAR PROCESS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DIFFUSION MEMBRANES; INDIVIDUAL PROTEINS; MATINGS; MEMBRANE INTERACTIONS; PROTEIN MOLECULES; RANDOM COLLISIONS; RESPONSE SYSTEMS;

MOLECULES;

PHEROMONE; PROTEASE BAR1; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEOME;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION; HORMONE PROTEIN COMPLEX; HORMONE RESPONSE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATOR; YEAST CELL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEOME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77950833499     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000705     Document Type: Article

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