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. 2011 May 2;5:59. doi: 10.1186/1752-0509-5-59

Table 3.

Physical and Transport Parameters

Parameter Value Ref.
Radius of domain, R 50 μm Assumed
Half-Length of domain, L 80 μm Assumed
Length of tip cell, Lcell 40 μm [12]
Radius of sprout, Rsprout 2 μm [12]
Tip cell surface area: 515 μm2 calculated
Diffusivities, D114, D121, D165, D189 68.6 μm2/s (see Methods) estimated
Local Available Volume Fraction of the extracellular matrix, KECM 0.85 [57]