Mathematical modeling and analysis of in vitro actin filament dynamics and cell blebbing.

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. December 2009. Major: Mathematics. Advisor: Dr. Hans G. Othmer. 1 computer file (PDF); xii, 158 pages. Ill. (some col.)

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