A mass conserved reaction-diffusion system captures properties of cell polarity.

Cell polarity is a general cellular process that can be seen in various cell types such as migrating neutrophils and Dictyostelium cells. The Rho small GTP(guanosine 5'-tri phosphate)ases have been shown to regulate cell polarity; however, its mechanism of emergence has yet to be clarified. We...

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Main Authors: Mikiya Otsuji, Shuji Ishihara, Carl Co, Kozo Kaibuchi, Atsushi Mochizuki, Shinya Kuroda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-06-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1892603?pdf=render