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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Neves SR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2645809 | biostudies-other | 2009 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
The Journal of biological chemistry 20081020 9
Many reactions within the cell occur only in specific intracellular regions. Such local reaction networks give rise to microdomains of activated signaling components. The dynamics of microdomains can be visualized by live cell imaging. Computational models using partial differential equations provide mechanistic insights into the interacting factors that control microdomain dynamics. The mathematical models show that, for membrane-initiated signaling, the ratio of the surface area of the plasma ...[more]