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Published on: February 18, 2022
Simulation of lamellipodial fragments
Dietmar Oelz1, Christian Schmeiser
1Faculty of Mathematics, University of Vienna, Nordbergstrasse 15/C/7, 1090, Vienna, Austria. dietmar.oelz@univie.ac.at
Abstract:
A steepest descent approximation scheme is derived for a recently developed model for the dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton in the lamellipodia of living cells. The scheme is used as a numerical method for the simulation of thought experiments, where a lamellipodial fragment is pushed by a pipette, and subsequently changes its shape and position.
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