Computational models reveal a passive mechanism for cell migration in the crypt

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Dunn, Sara Jane ^a   Näthke, Inke S ^b   Osborne, James M ^a,c  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84894148547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080516     Document Type: Article

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