Prion dynamics with size dependency-strain phenomena

Journal of Biological Dynamics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-42

  Calvez, V ^a   Lenuzza, N ^b,e   Doumic, M ^c   Deslys, J P ^b   Mouthon, F ^b   Perthame, B ^c,d  

^a UNITÉ DE MATHÉMATIQUES PURES ET APPLIQUÉES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^c INRIA ROCQUENCOURT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^e Ecole Centrale de Paris   (France)

Author keywords

Duality method; Polymerization process; Prion kinetics; Size repartition; Strain phenomena

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PRION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE;

HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRIONS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY;

EID: 77957349911     PISSN: 17513758     EISSN: 17513766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17513750902935208     Document Type: Article

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