Monte Carlo simulation of cell death signaling predicts large cell-to-cell stochastic fluctuations through the type 2 pathway of apoptosis

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3559-3562

  Raychaudhuri, Subhadip ^a,b   Willgohs, Eric ^a   Nguyen, Thuc Nghi ^a   Khan, Elaine M ^c   Goldkorn, Tzipora ^b,c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICS; TIME;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 56049121209     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.135483     Document Type: Article

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