Mathematical modeling of eukaryotic cell migration: Insights beyond experiments

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 501-528

  Danuser, Gaudenz ^a   Allard, Jun ^b   Mogilner, Alex ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

actin; adhesion; cell motility; computational modeling; mathematical modeling; myosin

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VISCOELASTICITY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MOTION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84885806810     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: 15308995     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-101512-122308     Document Type: Review

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