Zipf-scaling behavior in the immune system

BioSystems

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-232

  Burgos, Javier D ^a   Moreno Tovar, Pedro ^b  

^a Univ INCCA de Colombia   (Colombia)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Fractals; Immune repertoires; Scaling behavior; Zipf analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RADIATION CHIMERA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029743217     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-2647(96)01618-8     Document Type: Article

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