title: Adaptation, oscillations and relay in a model for cAMP secretion in cellular slime molds.
abstract: This work presents a unified theory for adaptation and for quiescence-excitable-oscillatory transitions in the cyclic AMP secretion system of the cellular slime mold amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barchilon
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Segel
mesh_terms: D000220:Adaptation, Biological; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological
chemical_list: D000242:Cyclic AMP