Microorganisms
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Actin Waves on Eukaryotic Cell Edge
Cell motility simulation with a reaction-diffusion model for actin waves on the cell perimeter Introduction A partial differential equation model for ‘actin waves’ by Holmes et al., 2012 was simplified and investigated by PDE bifurcation analysis in Hughes et al.
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Simplified Actin Waves in Dictyostelium Motility
Spatial relaxation oscillator produces spatial dynamics and spiral waves, simplification of a previous model for actin waves Introduction Motivated by alternative cell motility modes in eukaryotic cells like Dictyostelium discoideum, we consider a simplified version of an intracellular model for an F-actin negative feedback to an (active/inactive) GTPase system.