Spatial Stochastic Dynamics Enable Robust Cell Polarization

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Lawson, Michael J ^a   Drawert, Brian ^b   Khammash, Mustafa ^b,c   Petzold, Linda ^b   Yi, Tau Mu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; POLARIZATION; PROTEINS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CELL POLARITY; CELL POLARIZATION; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; ESSENTIAL FEATURES; LIVING CELL; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL STOCHASTIC; STOCHASTIC DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC-MODELING; WILD-TYPE CELLS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

PHEROMONE; PROTEIN SPA2; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROSCOPY; MUTANT; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLARIZATION; PREDICTION; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; WILD TYPE; YEAST CELL;

EID: 84880767277     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003139     Document Type: Article

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