Implementing vertex dynamics models of cell populations in biology within a consistent computational framework

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 299-326

  Fletcher, Alexander G ^a   Osborne, James M ^a,b   Maini, Philip K ^a   Gavaghan, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell based models; Chaste; Epithelial monolayers; Model comparison; Off lattice

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL-BASED MODELS; CHASTE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIAL MONOLAYERS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MODEL COMPARISON; OFF-LATTICE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CELL-BASED MODELS; CHASTE; EPITHELIAL MONOLAYERS; MODEL COMPARISON; OFF-LATTICE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84887617952     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2013.09.003     Document Type: Review

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