How cells integrate complex stimuli: The effect of feedback from phosphoinositides and cell shape on cell polarization and motility

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Marée, Athanasius F M ^a   Grieneisen, Verônica A ^a   Edelstein Keshet, Leah ^b  

^a NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SIGNALING; COMPLEX NETWORKS; POLARIZATION; PROTEINS;

CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARIZATION; CELL SHAPES; CHEMOTAXI; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; PHOSPHOINOSITIDES; REORGANISATION; RHO FAMILY GTPASES; SHAPE CHANGE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS;

SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITIDE; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LAMELLIPODIUM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84861146594     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002402     Document Type: Article

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