Table 1. List of parameters.
Symbol | Description | Value | Units |
D α | dipole moment of α monomer | 369 | D |
D β | dipole moment of β monomer | 26 | D |
s | axial shift between protofilamnets | 0.92 | nm |
ζ | diameter of MT rings | 10.76 | nm |
Ξ | leading angle of MT rings | 10.28 | degrees |
a | major axis of ellipsoid cell | 5.16 | µm |
b | minor axis of ellipsoid cell | 2.64 | µm |
R | radius of non-dividing spherical cell | 3.3 | µm |
V | volume of spherical cell with radius R | 0.15 | µm3 |
c | position of MTOC on the x-axis | 2.64 | µm |
ρ | diameter of MTOC | 200 | nm |
N | number of MTs | 300 | - |
Na | number of nucleations centers, astral MTs, one MTOC | 50 | - |
Nk | number of nucleations centers, kinetochore MTs, one MTOC | 50 | - |
Np | number of nucleations centers, polar MTs, one MTOC | 50 | - |
κa | equivalent number of nucleation centers | 120 | - |
Ωa | spatial angle for division of MTOC, astral MTs | 2.8212 | sr |
κp +k | equivalent number of nucleation centers | 225 | - |
Ωp +k | spatial angle for division of MTOC, polar and kinetochore MTs | 2.9154 | sr |
mq | arbitrary constant | 1 | - |
u | index of polar and kinetochore MTs | 1, 2,…, 200 | |
π | mathematical constant | 3.14159… | - |
n | index denoting nth MT | 1,2,…,N | - |
paα | oscillating part of dipole moment of α-tubulin | (3.8)−1 | - |
paβ | oscillating part of dipole moment of β-tubulin | (3.8)−1 | - |
Q | quality factor | 0.5÷100 | - |
k 1 | coefficient of extrapolation | 2.5304⋅1012 | - |
r | radius of outer wall of MT | 12.5 | nm |
k 2 | coefficient of extrapolation | 9.0966⋅108 | - |
lTH | length of tubulin heterodimer | 8 | nm |
The list of symbols (in the order of appearance) representing variables of the model and their values used for calculations.