Why the Lysogenic State of Phage λ Is so Stable: A Mathematical Modeling Approach

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 75-84

  Santillán, Moisés ^a,b,c   Mackey, Michael C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; DEGRADATION; LYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; STEADY STATE;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0346688719     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74085-0     Document Type: Article

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