A Monte Carlo simulation of plasmid replication during the bacterial division cycle

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 633-647

  Kuo, Henry ^a   Keasling, J D ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial division cycle; Monte Carlo simulation; plasmid replication

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

BACTERIAL CELL DIVISION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLASMID REPLICATION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SPECIFICITY; DISEASE SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; INNER CELL MASS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 10544241951     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19961220)52:6<633::AID-BIT1>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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