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Chemotaxis : types, clinical significance, and mathematical models /

Table of Contents: “…Identification of Chsa, A Novel Protein Involved in ChemotaxisThe Role of Bacterial Motility and Chemotaxis in Azospirillum-Plant Interaction; Chemotaxis of A. …”
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Differential equation analysis in biomedical science and engineering : partial differential equation applications with R by Schiesser, W. E.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to partial differential equation analysis chemotaxis -- Pattern formation -- Belousov-Zhabotinskii reaction system -- Hodgkin-Huxley and Fitzhugh-Nagumo models -- Anesthesia spatiotemporal distribution -- Influenza with vaccination and diffusion -- Drug release tracking -- Temperature distributions in cryosurgery.…”
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Cell motility : from molecules to organisms

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Flagellar mechanics of spermatozoa : its implication in sperm guidance. by Editor: Jacky J. Cosson

Table of Contents: “…CURRENT EFFORTS OF MODELING TO UNDERSTAND CHEMOTAXIS; 5.1. Modeling Focused on Signaling; 5.2. …”
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Physical principles in sensing and signaling : with an introduction to modeling in biology by Endres, Robert G.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Chemotaxis in bacterium Escherichia coli -- Physical concepts -- Mathematical tools -- Signal amplification and integration -- Robust precise adaptation -- Polar receptor localization and clustering -- Accuracy of sensing -- Motor impulse response -- Optimization of pathway -- "Seeing like a bacterium" -- Beyond E. coli chemotaxis -- Appendix more techniques.…”
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Biochemisty of Macrophages. by Symposium, CIBA Foundation

Table of Contents: “…The importance of the Mac-1, LFA-1 glycoprotein family in monocyte and granulocyte adherence, chemotaxis, and migration into inflammatory sites: insights from an experiment of nature; Discussion; Interaction and regulation of macrophage receptors; Discussion; General discussion 2 Chemotaxis; Regulation of complement protein biosynthesis in mononuclear phagocytes; Discussion; The cell and molecular biology of apolipo- protein E synthesis by macrophages; Discussion; Respiratory response of phagocytes: terminal NADPH oxidase and the mechanisms of its activation; Discussion.…”
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Nanomachines Fundamentals and Applications. by Wang, Joseph

Table of Contents: “…4.4 Controlled Motion of Chemically Powered Nano/Microscale Motors -- 4.4.1 Thermally Controlled Nanomotors -- 4.4.2 Light Control of Catalytic Motors -- 4.4.3 Potential Control of Catalytic Motors -- 4.5 Alternative Fuels for Chemically Powered Micro/Nanoscale Motors -- 4.6 Collective Behavior: Toward Swarming and Chemotaxis -- 4.6.1 Triggered Self-Organization of Microparticles -- 4.6.2 Chemotaxis: Movement along Concentration Gradients -- 4.7 Biocatalytic Propulsion -- 4.8 Motion Based on Asymmetric Release of Chemicals -- 4.9 Polymerization-Induced Motion -- References…”
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Deleuze and the body

Table of Contents: “…: Deleuze and the Body; Chapter 1 Time and Autopoiesis: The Organism Has No Future; Chapter 2 Larval Subjects, Autonomous Systems and E. Coli Chemotaxis; Chapter 3 Bodies of Learning; Chapter 4 Believing in the World: Toward an Ethics of Form; Chapter 5 Matter as Simulacrum; Thought as Phantasm; Body as Event; PRACTICAL DELEUZISM; Chapter 6 The 'Virtual' Body and the Strange Persistence of the Flesh: Deleuze, Cyberspace and the Posthuman; Chapter 7 'Be(come) Yourself only Better': Self-transformation and the Materialisation of Images.…”
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Towards a mathematical theory of complex biological systems by Bianca, C. (Carlo)

Table of Contents: “…Macroscopic models of chemotaxis by KTAP asymptotic methods. 9.1. Introduction. 9.2. …”
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Swarm Intelligence Algorithms Modifications and Applications. by Slowik, Adam

Table of Contents: “…Modified Bacterial Foraging Optimization and Application -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Original BFO algorithm in brief -- 3.2.1 Chemotaxis -- 3.2.2 Swarming…”
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Mathematical biology by Murray, J. D. (James Dickson)

Table of Contents: “…Continuous population models for single species -- Discrete population models for a single species -- Continuous models for interacting populations -- Discrete growth models for interacting populations -- Reaction kinetics -- Biological oscillators and switches -- Belousov-Zhabotinskii reaction -- Perturbed and coupled oscillators and black holes -- Reaction diffusion, chemotaxis and non-local mechanisms -- Oscillator generated wave phenomena and central pattern generators -- Biological waves -- Travelling waves in reaction diffusion systems with weak diffusion -- Spatial pattern formation with reaction/population interaction diffusion mechanisms.…”
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Immunopotentiation. by Symposium, CIBA Foundation

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Blood Cells and Vessel Walls : Functional Interactions.

Table of Contents: “…Adherence of lymphocytes to the high endothelium of lymph nodes in vitroDiscussion; Cellular, genetic and evolutionary aspects of lymphocyte interactions with high-endothelial venules; Discussion; Macrophages and the differential migration of lymphocytes; Discussion; Polymorphonuclear leucocyte chemotaxis: detection of the gradient and development of cell polarity; Discussion; Dynamic theory of leucocyte adhesion; Discussion; Final General Discussion 'Receptors' and adhesion; Summing up; Epilogue; Index to contributors; Subject index.…”
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Cell movement : new research trends

Table of Contents: “…Lee -- Role of chemokines in colorectal cancer and metastasis / Kathrin Rupertus [and others] -- The proteoglycan versican : an important regulator of cell locomotion in development and disease / Carmela Ricciardelli [and others] -- The role of endometrial stromal cell-mediated contractility in endometrial tissue remodeling / Kaei Nasu [and others] -- The role of transmission electron microscopy analysis in different cases of reduced motility in human spermatozoa / Giulia Collodel -- Reproducing in vivo cell migration / Lilian Soon and Alastair Stewart -- Chlamydomonas as the unicellular model for chemotaxis and cellular differentiation / E.V. Ermilova -- Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching / Macarena Peran [and others] -- Improvement in sperm cell kinetics / Fábio F. …”
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Granulocytes : production, types, and roles in disease

Table of Contents: “…IN MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION AND LEUKEMIA """"CONCLUSION AND PERSPECTIVES ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHEMOTACTIC ASSAY OF HUMAN NEUTROPHILS AND EOSINOPHILS ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""1. CHEMOTAXIS IS CRITICAL TO THE DEFENSIVE FUNCTION OF NEUTROPHILS AND EOSINOPHILS ""; ""2. …”
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Engineering of chemical complexity

Table of Contents: “…Stochastic fluctuations and spontaneous symmetry breaking in the chemotaxis signaling system of dicyostelium cells / Tatsuo Shibata -- 10. …”
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Omics In Soil Science

Table of Contents: “…Contributors; Preface; 1: Soil as a Biological System; Introduction; Main characteristics of soil as a biological system; Soil biota and their functions in soil; Microbial diversity, soil functions and the holistic approach; The omics approaches in soil; 2: Functional Genomics Analysis of Key Bacterial Traits Involved in Rhizosphere Competence; Introduction; Bacterial species specifically selected by the rhizosphere; Bacterial functions enriched in the rhizosphere; Motility and chemotaxis: early phase traits required for rhizocompetence.…”
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In the light of evolution.

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Microbial Ecology by Barton, Larry L.

Table of Contents: “…2.14 Delving Deeper: Critical Thinking Questions -- Bibliographic Material -- 3 COMPLEXITY AND SIMPLICITY OF CELL SYSTEMS -- 3.1 Central Themes -- 3.2 Introduction -- 3.3 Cell Parameters -- 3.3.1 Life at the Lowest Level -- 3.3.2 Large Microorganisms -- 3.4 Cell Movement and Chemotaxis -- 3.5 Structures of Sporulation -- 3.6 Nutrient Reserves and Storage Materials -- 3.7 Cell-Cell Associations -- 3.7.1 Cell Attachment -- 3.7.2 Biofilms -- 3.7.3 Filamentous Growth -- 3.8 Cell Physiology and Metabolism -- 3.8.1 Sensory Response -- 3.8.2 Global Regulation -- 3.8.3 Internal Membranes in Bacteria…”
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Chaos, complexity and transport : theory and applications : proceedings of the CCT '07, Marseille, France, 4-8 June 2007

Table of Contents: “…Wadih [and others] -- Generalized Keller-Segel models of chemotaxis. Analogy with nonlinear mean field Fokker-Planck equations / P.…”
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Systems biology in toxicology and environmental health

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Molecular biology of spirochetes

Table of Contents: “…Skare -- Motility gene regulation and chemotaxis in borrelia burgdorferi / Nyles W. Charon, Melanie Sal, Michael R. …”
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