URDME: A modular framework for stochastic simulation of reaction-transport processes in complex geometries

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Drawert, Brian ^a   Engblom, Stefan ^b,c   Hellander, Andreas ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPMARC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; SOFTWARE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84862527259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-6-76     Document Type: Article

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