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Title First steps towards the mathematical modeling of cytoskeletal networks

Name Angela Stevens
Country Germany
Email stevens@mis.mpg.de
Co-Author(s)
Submit Time 2014-04-17 13:39:40
Session
Special Session 122: Dynamics of networks in biology and chemistry
Contents
The cellular cytoskeleton is a dynamic network of filamentous proteins which interacts, among others, with chemical signaling networks within the cell. To develop mechanical models which describ cell motion and polarization upon changing chemical signals, it is important to understand underlying principles that regulate the dynamics of the cytoskeleton. In this talk a first, spatially one dimensional model, for the (polarized) growth of the actin filaments of the cytoskeleton ist presented.