Author(s): Manon C. Wigbers, Fridtjof Brauns, Tobias Hermann, and Erwin Frey
This paper uses a reaction–diffusion model to explain the formation of protein patterns in heterogeneous conditions, for example inside cells. The authors propose an explanation of how proteins collect at domain edges in the environment based on a local mass redistribution that does not occur in homogeneous systems.

[Phys. Rev. E 101, 022414] Published Tue Feb 18, 2020