A RESOLUTION OF THE CHEMOTACTIC WAVE PARADOX

Authors
HOFER T MAINI PK SHERRATT JA CHAPLAIN MAJ CHAUVET P METEVIER D MONTES PC MURRAY JD
Citation
T. Hofer et al., A RESOLUTION OF THE CHEMOTACTIC WAVE PARADOX, Applied mathematics letters, 7(2), 1994, pp. 1-5
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics,Mathematics
Journal title
Applied mathematics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
08939659
Volume
7
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1 - 5
Database
ISI
SICI code
0893-9659(1994)7:2<1:AROTCW>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We propose an extension of the standard model for cell chemotaxis whic h explicitly accounts for the adaptation of the chemotactic response. We show that this model resolves the ''chemotactic wave paradox'' of s lime mould aggregation in a natural way.