Role of cytotoxic T-lymphocytes in tumor stability: A prey-predator modeling approach

Journal of Biological Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Mukhopadhyay, B ^a,b   Bhattacharyya, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b Central Calcutta Polytechnic   (India)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes; Discrete Time Delay; Prey Predator Model; Ratio Dependent Predation; Stability Preserving Delay; Tumor Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847359074     PISSN: 02183390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218339007002064     Document Type: Article

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