Immune network at the edge of chaos

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-187

  Bernardes, Américo T ^a,c   Zorzenon Dos Santos, Rita M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN IDIOTYPE;

ARTICLE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE; MODEL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031582389     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0316     Document Type: Article

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