Effects of general incidence and polymer joining on nucleated polymerization in a model of prion proliferation

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 154-170

  Greer, Meredith L ^a   Van Den Driessche, P ^b   Wang, Lin ^c   Webb, G F ^d  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

General incidence; Nucleated polymerization; Polymer joining; Prion diseases; Prion proliferation

Indexed keywords

GENERAL INCIDENCE; NUCLEATED POLYMERIZATION; POLYMER JOINING; PRION DISEASES; PRION PROLIFERATION;

CELL PROLIFERATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISEASES; POLYMERIZATION;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 41849107175     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/06066076X     Document Type: Article

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