Excitable behavior can explain the "ping-pong" mode of communication between cells using the same chemoattractant

BioEssays

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 259-266

  Goryachev, Andrew B ^a   Lichius, Alexander ^a,b   Wright, Graham D ^a,c   Read, Nick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cell signaling; Cell cell communication; Excitable behavior; Mathematical modeling; Neurospora crassa

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN CDC42;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STIMULATION; CYTOSKELETON; EXCITABLE BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; UBIQUITINATION;

CELL COMMUNICATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 84858183225     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201100135     Document Type: Article

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