The Stochastic Nature Exhibited by Proteins inside the Cell Membrane during Cell-to-Cell Communication.

Nick Malope, Ebrahim Momoniat, Rhameez Sheldon Herbst

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Article in Biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Nick MalopeDepartment of Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa.

Ebrahim MomoniatDepartment of Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-7762-2690

Rhameez Sheldon HerbstDepartment of Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0207-9889

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Abstract

The movement of proteins through the cell membrane is essential for cell-to-cell communication, which is a process that allows the body's immune system to identify any foreign cells, such as cells from another organism and pathogens; this movement is also essential for protein-to-protein interactions and protein-to-membrane interactions which play a significant role in drug discovery. This paper presents the stochastic nature exhibited by proteins during cell-to-cell communication. We study the movement of proteins through the cell membrane under the influence of an external force

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Brownian motioncell membranecell-to-cell communicationItô Lemmamessenger proteinsstochastic diffusion equation

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PMID37626988

DOI10.3390/biology12081102

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