Predicting temporal fluctuations in an intracellular signalling pathway

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 117-128

  Morton Firth, Carl Jason ^a   Bray, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032492834     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0651     Document Type: Article

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