Deterministic and stochastic P systems for modelling cellular processes

Natural Computing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 457-473

  Gheorghe, Marian ^a   Manca, Vincenzo ^b   Romero Campero, Francisco J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Membrane computing; Modelling; P systems; Synthetic biology; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; REVIEW; STOCHASTIC MODEL; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 77955924746     PISSN: 15677818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11047-009-9158-4     Document Type: Review

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