Synchronization by irregular inactivation

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 3974-3977

  Closson, Taunia L L ^a   Roussel, Marc R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CELLS; CHAOS THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ENZYMES; ESTERIFICATION; LYAPUNOV METHODS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RATE CONSTANTS;

MITOSIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; THREONINE; TYROSINE;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

CELL CYCLE; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MITOSIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; TIME;

CELL CYCLE; CELLS; MITOSIS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034287426     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.3974     Document Type: Article

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