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ReviewCurrent opinion in genetics & development2010

Approaching the molecular origins of collective dynamics in oscillating cell populations.

Pankaj Mehta, Thomas Gregor

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Review in Current opinion in genetics & development, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Formation of recurring transient CaProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  5. Synchrony and pattern formation of coupled genetic oscillators on a chip of artificial cells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017
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  7. Communication shapes sensory response in multicellular networks.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2016
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  9. Modeling oscillations and spiral waves in Dictyostelium populations.Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics · 2015
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  15. Understanding microbial cooperation.Journal of theoretical biology · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Pankaj MehtaDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Thomas Gregor

Funding

Spatial Patterning During DevelopmentP50GM071508 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI POWELL, SUSAN M · 2004 to 2013
$30.6M
Controlling collective behavior in eukaryotic cell populationsR01GM098407 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI GREGOR, THOMAS · 2012 to 2015
$1.1M
A quantitative study of cell-to-cell communication in bacteriaK25GM086909 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI MEHTA, PANKAJ · 2008 to 2012
$644k
NIGMS NIH HHS K25 GM086909NIGMS NIH HHS K25GM086909NIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM071508NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM098407
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

From flocking birds, to organ generation, to swarming bacterial colonies, biological systems often exhibit collective behaviors. Here, we review recent advances in our understanding of collective dynamics in cell populations. We argue that understanding population-level oscillations requires examining the system under consideration at three different levels of complexity: at the level of isolated cells, homogenous populations, and spatially structured populations. We discuss the experimental and theoretical challenges this poses and highlight how new experimental techniques, when combined with conceptual tools adapted from physics, may help us overcome these challenges.

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Cell ProliferationAnimalsHumansModels, Biological

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PMID20934869
PMCPMC3132649

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