A comparison of mathematical models for polarization of single eukaryotic cells in response to guided cues

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Jilkine, Alexandra ^a   Edelstein Keshet, Leah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELLS;

CELL BEHAVIOURS; CELL TYPES; CHEMOATTRACTANTS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; KERATOCYTES; LEUCOCYTES; STIMULATION PROTOCOLS; SYMMETRY BREAKINGS; THEORETICAL TREATMENTS;

POLARIZATION;

CHEMOATTRACTANT;

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); CELL FUNCTION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SIZE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STIMULATION; CORNEA CELL; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE MEMBRANE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; WAVEFORM; YEAST CELL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 79955562832     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001121     Document Type: Review

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