Stochastic kinetic analysis of developmental pathway bifurcation in phage λ-infected Escherichia coli cells

Genetics

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1633-1648

  Arkin, Adam ^a,c   Ross, John ^a   McAdams, Harley H ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; KINETICS; LYSOGENY; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031879114     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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