Examples of mathematical modeling: Tales from the crypt

Cell Cycle

Volumn 6, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2106-2112

  Johnston, Matthew D ^a   Edwards, Carina M ^a,d   Bodmer, Walter F ^b   Maini, Philip K ^a,c   Chapman, S Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age structure; Feedback; Mutations; Structural stability

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL POPULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUTATION; REVIEW; UPREGULATION;

EID: 34548843616     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.6.17.4649     Document Type: Review

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