Dynamics and bistability in a reduced model of the lac operon

Chaos

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 279-292

  Yildirim, Necmettin ^a,b   Santillán, Moisés ^a,c   Horike, Daisuke ^a,d   Mackey, Michael C ^a,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NONE   (Canada)

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EID: 3042596483     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1689451     Document Type: Review

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