Mathematical and statistical analysis of the Trypanosoma brucei slender to stumpy transition

Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-67

  Savill, N J ^a   Seed, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay differential equation; Differentiation; SIF

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; STUMPY INDUCTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HALF LIFE TIME; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; KINETICS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

EID: 0842330461     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182003004256     Document Type: Article

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