Cellular organization by self-organization : mechanisms and models for Min protein dynamics
Abstract
We use the oscillating Min proteins of Escherichia coli as a prototype system to illustrate the current state and potential of modeling protein dynamics in space and time. We demonstrate how a theoretical approach has led to striking new insights into the mechanisms of self-organization in bacterial cells and indicate how these ideas may be applicable to more complex structure formation in eukaryotic cells.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- February 2005
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.q-bio/0502032
- arXiv:
- arXiv:q-bio/0502032
- Bibcode:
- 2005q.bio.....2032H
- Keywords:
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- Quantitative Biology - Subcellular Processes;
- Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter
- E-Print:
- 20 pages, 1 figure