An environment aware P-system model of quorum sensing

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Volumn 3526, Issue , 2005, Pages 479-485

  Terrazas, German ^a   Krasnogor, Natalio ^a   Gheorghe, Marian ^b   Bernardini, Francesco ^b   Diggle, Steve ^a   Cámara, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROBIOLOGY; SYNCHRONIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

CONSEQUENTIAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSIONS; P-SYSTEMS BASED MODEL; QUORUM SENSING;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY;

EID: 26444610738     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/11494645_59     Document Type: Conference Paper

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