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Main Authors: Kuwamura, Masataka, Izuhara, Hirofumi, Ei, Shin-ichiro
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Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.04283
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author Kuwamura, Masataka
Izuhara, Hirofumi
Ei, Shin-ichiro
author_facet Kuwamura, Masataka
Izuhara, Hirofumi
Ei, Shin-ichiro
contents We investigate the oscillatory dynamics and bifurcation structure of a reaction-diffusion system with bistable nonlinearity and mass conservation, which was proposed by [Otsuji et al, PLoS Comp. Biol. 3 (2007), e108]. The system is a useful model for understanding cell polarity formation. We show that this model exhibits four different spatiotemporal patterns including two types of oscillatory patterns, which can be regarded as cell polarity oscillations with the reversal and non-reversal of polarity, respectively. The trigger causing these patterns is a diffusion-driven (Turing-like) instability. Moreover, we investigate the effects of extracellular signals on the cell polarity oscillations.
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spellingShingle Oscillations and Bifurcation Structure of Reaction-Diffusion Model for Cell Polarity Formation
Kuwamura, Masataka
Izuhara, Hirofumi
Ei, Shin-ichiro
Cell Behavior
Dynamical Systems
35K57, 92B05
We investigate the oscillatory dynamics and bifurcation structure of a reaction-diffusion system with bistable nonlinearity and mass conservation, which was proposed by [Otsuji et al, PLoS Comp. Biol. 3 (2007), e108]. The system is a useful model for understanding cell polarity formation. We show that this model exhibits four different spatiotemporal patterns including two types of oscillatory patterns, which can be regarded as cell polarity oscillations with the reversal and non-reversal of polarity, respectively. The trigger causing these patterns is a diffusion-driven (Turing-like) instability. Moreover, we investigate the effects of extracellular signals on the cell polarity oscillations.
title Oscillations and Bifurcation Structure of Reaction-Diffusion Model for Cell Polarity Formation
topic Cell Behavior
Dynamical Systems
35K57, 92B05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.04283