Discrete or Continuum? It Matters for Cells
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چکیده
A new model shows that the properties of waves produced in a cell-signaling process strongly depend on whether cells are considered to be discrete entities or collective mass.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physics
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2624-8174']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physics.14.s88