A bistable model of cell polarity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Semplice, Matteo ^a   Veglio, Andrea ^b   Naldi, Giovanni ^c   Serini, Guido ^d   Gamba, Andrea ^e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^f CANDIOLO CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^g SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL BUDDING; CELL MEMBRANE POLARIZATION; CELL POLARITY; CHEMOTAXIS; DIFFUSION; ENZYME KINETICS; EPITHELIUM CELL; MEMBRANE POLARIZATION AND DEPOLARIZATION; MORPHOGENESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOSOL; DICTYOSTELIUM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOSOL; DICTYOSTELIUM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAS PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84857615923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030977     Document Type: Article

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