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A Model of Dictyostelium discoideum Aggregation

✍ Scribed by O.O. Vasieva; B.N. Vasiev; V.A. Karpov; A.N. Zaikin

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
294 KB
Volume
171
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-5193

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✦ Synopsis

The aggregation process in populations of Dictyostelium discoideum is mediated by cell communication through cyclic AMP (cAMP) signals and the chemotactic response of the cells to concentration gradients of cAMP. In the present paper several simple algorithms that describe cell behavior are used to create a model that correctly predicts the aggregation patterns of the cells. The formation of the aggregative structures with a definite geometrical characteristics can be studied by using the model.

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