Mathematical Modelling and Analysis of Fractional Diffusion Induced by Intracellular Noise
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arXiv1911.02665MaRDI QIDQ6328696FDOQ6328696
Authors: Weiran Sun, Min Tang, Xiaoru Xue 
Publication date: 6 November 2019
Abstract: In this paper we use an individual-based model and its associated kinetic equation to study the generation of long jumps in the motion of E. coli. These models relate the run-and-tumble process to the intracellular reaction where the intrinsic noise plays a central role. Compared with the previous work in [13] in which the parametric assumptions are mainly for mathematical convenience and not well-suited for either numerical simulation or comparison with experimental results, our current paper make use of biologically meaningful pathways and tumbling kernels. Moreover, using the individual-based model we can now perform numerical simulations. Power-law decay of the run length, which corresponds to Levy-type motions, are observed in our numerical results. The particular decay rate agrees quantitatively with the analytical result. We also rigorously recover the fractional diffusion equation as the limit of the kinetic model.
Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40) Singular perturbations in context of PDEs (35B25) Fractional partial differential equations (35R11) Cell movement (chemotaxis, etc.) (92C17)
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