Simulating biochemical signaling networks in complex moving geometries

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 3039-3070

  Strychalski, Wanda ^a   Adalsteinsson, David ^a   Elston, Timothy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advection reaction diffusion equation; Level set methods; Numerical methods; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CELL CULTURE; CELL SIGNALING; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DROP BREAKUP; GEOMETRY; HYDROGELS; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; LINEAR EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SIGNALING;

ADVECTION-REACTION-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; CELLULAR RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULI; EXTERNAL SIGNALS; LEVEL SET METHOD; PEAK SOLUTIONS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNALING NETWORKS; SINGLE PEAK; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 78149334276     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/090779693     Document Type: Article

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