Computing with the actin-myosin molecular motor system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4937, Issue , 2002, Pages 219-225

  Nicolau Jr , Dan V ^a   Nicolau, Dan V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DNA; GRAPH THEORY; NEURAL NETWORKS;

MOLECULAR MOTOR SYSTEMS;

PROTEINS;

EID: 0038641803     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.471944     Document Type: Conference Paper

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