Cellular Biology in Terms of Stochastic Nonlinear Biochemical Dynamics: Emergent Properties, Isogenetic Variations and Chemical System Inheritability

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 990-1013

  Qian, Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Cell biology; Chemical master equation; Evolution; Nonequilibrium; Nonlinear dynamics; Stochastic processes; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649795390     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-010-0093-7     Document Type: Article

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