Modeling immune behavior for experimentalists

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 232-236

  Cohen, Irun R ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computer modeling; Immune system modeling; Theoretical immunology

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER MODEL; DATA BASE; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTATION; GAME; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LOGIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33947260545     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2006.00494.x     Document Type: Review

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