Why A Large Scale Mode Can Be Essential For Understanding Intracellular Actin Waves
arXiv:2004.07548 · doi:10.3390/cells9061533
Abstract
During the last decade, intracellular actin waves have attracted much attention due to their essential role in various cellular functions, ranging from motility to cytokinesis. Experimental methods have advanced significantly and can capture the dynamics of actin waves over a large range of spatio-temporal scales. However, the corresponding coarse-grained theory mostly avoids the full complexity of this multi-scale phenomenon. In this perspective, we focus on a minimal continuum model of activator-inhibitor type and highlight the qualitative role of mass-conservation, which is typically overlooked. Specifically, our interest is to connect between the mathematical mechanisms of pattern formation in the presence of a large-scale mode, due to mass-conservation, and distinct behaviors of actin waves.
arXiv comment13 pages, 4 figures
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