Interplay between intrinsic noise and the stochasticity of the cell cycle in bacterial colonies

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2459-2468

  Oriol, Canela Xandri ^a   Sagués, Francesc ^a   Buceta, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77952969317     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.02.045     Document Type: Article

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