Qualitative simulation of the initiation of sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 261-299

  De Jong, Hidde ^a   Geiselmann, Johannes ^b   Batt, Grégory ^a   Hernandez, Céline ^c   Page, Michel ^a,d  

^a INRIA   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 1242345225     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bulm.2003.08.009     Document Type: Article

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