Recycling probability and dynamical properties of germinal center reactions

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 265-285

  Meyer Hermann, Michael ^a   Deutsch, Andreas ^b   Or Guil, Michal ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GERMINAL CENTER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMORY CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PLASMA CELL; POINT MUTATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECYCLING;

EID: 0035821870     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2001.2297     Document Type: Article

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