1.Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 G?teborg, Sweden and Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia,RU
Abstract:
To illustrate complex spatio-temporal effects which are possible in cellular reactions with a small number of particles, we
present Monte Carlo simulations of the formation of oscillatory spark-like patterns in a model completely stochastic Ca+2 oscillator. Our analysis shows that in order to observe such patterns the minimum average number of Ca+2 ions in the cytosol may be as low as about 50.
Received 21 April 2002 / Received in final form 19 June 2002 Published online 14 October 2002
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