Figure 5From: Physical constraints on the establishment of intracellular spatial gradients in bacteriaElongation enhances spatial asymmetry A) Schematic of localization of source and sink. B) Mathematical modeling of the effects of varying cell length on the distribution of [R ∼ P] for σ k  = σ p  = 100/τ d . (Inset) The ratio of [R ∼ P] between the two poles increases linearly with increasing cell length. C) At enzymatic rates close to the diffusion rate (σ k =σ p =1/τ d ), the difference in [R ∼ P] between the poles increases with cell length; the polar ratio also increases linearly with cell length however it is not affected as significantly as the difference between the poles (inset).Back to article page