Research of Cell
1. Reactions, Cell Shape, and Motion of Amoebic Cells
A model of amoebic cell is constructed, which describes chemical reactions, cell shape and locomotion in a unified way.
With this model, we can analyze how locomotion affects reactions and cell shapes, which then influences locomotion.
Many observed features of amoebic locomotion are explained by such loops of causality among motions and reactions.
S.I. Nishimura & M. Sasai, "Inertia of amoebic cell locomotion as an emergent collective property of the cellular dynamics", Phys. Rev. E 71(1) 010902(R)-1-4 (2005).
S.I. Nishimura & M. Sasai, "Modulation of the reaction rate of regulating protein induces large morphological and motional change of amoebic cell", J. Theor. Biol. 245(2) 230-237 (2007).
S.I. Nishimura & M. Sasai, "Modulation of the reaction rate of regulating protein induces large morphological and motional change of amoebic cell", J. Theor. Biol. 245(2) 230-237 (2007).