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Cellular oscillator with a small number of particles

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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.

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  1. Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden and Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia, , , , , , RU

    V.P. Zhdanov

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Received 21 April 2002 / Received in final form 19 June 2002 Published online 14 October 2002

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Zhdanov, V. Cellular oscillator with a small number of particles. Eur. Phys. J. B 29, 485–489 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2002-00329-0

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