Random binding of dimers to chains

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 278-294

  Percus, Jerome K ^a   Percus, Ora E ^a   Perelson, Alan S ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding; Dimers; MHC; Probability Theory

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING;

HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; POLYMERS;

EID: 0034151474     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002850050181     Document Type: Article

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