Simulating the Complex Cell Design of Trypanosoma brucei and Its Motility

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Alizadehrad, Davod ^a   Krüger, Timothy ^b   Engstler, Markus ^b   Stark, Holger ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; CURRICULA; CYTOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE;

CELL BODIES; CELL DESIGN; CELL MODEL; COMPLEX CELLS; MAMMALIAN HOSTS; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MORPHOTYPES; PROPULSION MECHANISMS; SLEEPING SICKNESS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

MAMMALS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW; CELL BODY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; FLAGELLUM; GLOSSINIDAE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIQUID; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOTYPE; MOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PREDICTION; RIGIDITY; SIMULATION; SWIMMING; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; VELOCITY; VERTEBRATE; VISCOSITY; BIOLOGY; CELL MOTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EUKARYOTA; GLOSSINA (GENUS); MAMMALIA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; VERTEBRATA;

CELL MOVEMENT; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 84922221330     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003967     Document Type: Article

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