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Modeling the excess cell surface stored in a complex morphology of bleb-like protrusions

M. Kapustina^*, D. Tsygankov^△, J. Zhao^△, T. Wessler, X. Yang, A. Chen, N. Roach, T. C. Elston, Q. Wang^*, K. Jacobson^* and M. G. Forest^*

PLOS Computational Biology, 12(3), e1004841, 2016.

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Abstract

We introduce a three phase cell model, where the cortex is explicitly tracked. Within the cortex, we propose a transport equation for the macroscopic orientation of the microfilament. The hydrodynamic effects on the cell morphology is investigated.

Cite

@article{kapustina2016mec,
  author = {Kapustina, M. and Tsygankov, D. and Zhao, J. and Wessler, T. and Yang, X. and Chen, A. and Roach, N. and Elston, T. C. and Wang, Q. and Jacobson, K. and Forest, M. G.},
  title = {Modeling the excess cell surface stored in a complex morphology of bleb-like protrusions},
  journal = {PLOS Computational Biology},
  volume = {12},
  number = {3},
  pages = {e1004841},
  year = {2016},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004841},
}

Author marks: * corresponding, △ co-first, ♠ graduate student, ♣ undergraduate student, ♡ postdoc, at the time of the work.