Multistationarity, the basis of cell differentiation and memory. I. Structural conditions of multistationarity and other nontrivial behavior

Chaos

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 170-179

  Thomas, R ^a   Kaufman, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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EID: 0007712725     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1350439     Document Type: Article

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