A mechanism for cell motility by active polar gels

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 12, Issue 107, 2015, Pages

  Marth, W ^a   Praetorius, S ^a   Voigt, A ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active polar gel; Cell motility; Helfrich model; Spontaneous symmetry breaking; Swimmer

Indexed keywords

CELLS; PROTEINS;

CELL MOTILITY; HELFRICH MODELS; INDUCED FLOW FIELD; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; NON-LINEAR FREE BOUNDARY PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; SPONTANEOUS SYMMETRY BREAKING; SWIMMER;

CYTOLOGY;

ACTIN; MYOSIN; GEL;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; CYTOPLASM; GEL; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MOTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHROMIS CINERASCENS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOVEMENT; GELS; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOSINS;

EID: 84930723493     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0161     Document Type: Article

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