Figure 1.
Examples of intracellular reaction-diffusion (RD) processes in prokaryotes (a–c) and eukaryotes (d–e). a) Selection of the cell center as division site in E. coli; b) Chemotactic motility of bacteria; c) The targeting of specific sites on DNA by restriction enzymes; d) Self-organization of mitotic spindle, e) Eukaryotic cell motility; f) Eukaryotic intracellular signaling. [Image credits: a) Image copyright Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc. b) Image copyright from Photoresearchers, Inc. c) Courtesy of RCSB PDB and [283], d) Reprinted with permission from Prof. Harold Fisk from Ohio State University, e) Reprinted with permission from [284] and f) Reprinted with permission from [285]]