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. 2013 May 28;8(5):e64763. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064763

Table 1. Values of the parameters used in Figure 7A–C model fitting.

Parameter Unit Figure 7A Figure 7B Figure 7C
a, Length of the contact area µm 5.0±2.2 5.0±2.2 4.5±2.3
b, Width of the contact area µm 5.0±2.2 5.0±2.2 4.5±2.3
c, Length of the rupture area nm 300 300 140
r, Cell radius µm 4 4 4
δ, Size of the gap between the cell and the coverslip nm 50 50 50
x#, Binding potential width nm 0.43 0.43 0.43
σ1, PfEMP1 density µm−2 35 35 50
σ2, CD36 density µm−2 20 50 50
η, Viscosity Pa×s 0.0015 0.0015 0.0015
T, Temperature K 300 300 300
k+, Receptors diffusive binding rate µm−2 0.06 0.06 0.15
koff, Dissociation rate s−1 0.07 0.07 0.07
kon, Association rate in the cluster s−1 10 10 10
N, Proteins cluster size 7 7 7