- 3 차원 모델을 통한 단일 박테리아의 주화성 연구
- ㆍ 저자명
- 송지환,김동철,Song. Ji-Hwan,Kim. Dong-Choul
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 大韓機械學會論文集. Transactions of the Korean Society of mechanical engineers. A. A
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2009년|33권 1호|pp.56-63 (8 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 대한기계학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
Cell migration is one of the essential mechanisms responsible for complex biological processes. Intensive researches have begun to elucidate the mechanisms and search intriguing conditions for efficient control of cell migration. One general mechanism that is widely applicable for cells including Escherichia coli, amoebae and endothelial cell is chemotaxis. The single cell study for bacterial chemotaxis has an advantage over studies with the population of cells in providing a clearer observation of cell migration, which leads to more accurate assessments of chemotaxis. In this paper, we propose a three-dimensional model considering a single bacterium to study its chemotaxis. The semi-implicit Fourier spectral method is applied for high efficiency and numerical stability. The simulation results reveal rich dynamics of cell migration and provide quantitative assessments of bacterial chemotaxis with various chemoattractant gradient fields.