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In continuation of a previous study a case of self-regulating polarity is investigated, in which a metabolite neither enters nor leaves the cell, being produced in one part of it and consumed in another. Such a cell possesses a larger degree of autonomy and independence of external conditions than the previously discussed one. Application to cellular locomotion is indicated.
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Rashevsky, N. Further contributions to the theory of cell polarity and self-regulation. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 2, 65–67 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02478170
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02478170