Receptor recharge time drastically reduces the number of captured particles.

Many diverse biological systems are described by randomly moving particles that can be captured by traps in their environment. Examples include neurotransmitters diffusing in the synaptic cleft before binding to receptors and prey roaming an environment before capture by predators. In most cases, th...

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Main Authors: Gregory Handy, Sean D Lawley, Alla Borisyuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-03-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5849338?pdf=render