Modelling cell motility and chemotaxis with evolving surface finite elements

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 76, 2012, Pages 3027-3044

  Elliott, Charles M ^a   Stinner, Björn ^a   Venkataraman, Chandrasekhar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell motility; Chemotaxis; Reaction diffusion systems; Surface finite elements

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL MEMBRANES; DYNAMIC MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARIZATION; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; EXTERNAL FORCE; FINITE ELEMENT; GENERAL METHOD; INHOMOGENEITIES; INTERNAL FORCES; KERATOCYTES; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; REACTION DIFFUSION SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONS; THREE SPACE DIMENSIONS; WARWICK;

CYTOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SURFACE; CHEMOTAXIS; DIFFUSION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLARIZATION; REACTION DIFFUSION SYSTEM; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867473176     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0276     Document Type: Article

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