Estimating the instability parameters of plasmid-bearing cells. I. Chemostat culture

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 193-205

  Ganusov, Vitaly V ^a,b   Brilkov, Anatoly V ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSTAT; PLASMID;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL STABILITY; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CHEMOSTAT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DILUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036429345     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2002.3101     Document Type: Article

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