Study on multicellular systems using a phase field model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Nonomura, Makiko ^a,b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SELECTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL VOLUME; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MULTICELLULAR SYSTEM; PHASE FIELD MODEL; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; CELL MOTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84859940335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033501     Document Type: Article

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