Kinetic model of Proteus mirabilis swarm colony development

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 249-268

  Esipov, Sergei E ^a   Shapiro, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Cummings Life Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging models; Cellular differentiation; Collective behavior; Cooperative processes; Kinetic equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000183119     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002850050100     Document Type: Article

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