A theoretical approach to the bell-shaped dependency of cell proliferation on the hormone concentration

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 477-490

  Higo, Junichi ^a,b   Umeyama, Hideaki ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BIOMOL ENG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031582487     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0412     Document Type: Article

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