Fig 1. Overview of the simplified reactions underlying the model.

A schematic showing the different states of the system and the reaction pathways between them. Cytosolic components (MinD monomer and MinE dimer) are represented by upper case letters (D and E₂, respectively), while membrane-bound species (MinE dimer, MinD monomer, dimer and the MinDE heterotetramer) are represented by lower case letters (e₂, d, d₂, and d₂e₂, respectively). The value used for each of these parameters and a description of each reaction is given in Table 1. These parameter values are the same as used by Walsh et al. [11].