Stochastic simulations of minimal cells: The Ribocell model

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL.4, 2012, Pages

  Mavelli, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULAR REACTIONS; CELL MODEL; CELL-BASED; CHEMICALLY REACTING SYSTEMS; COMPARTMENTALIZED SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; COMPUTATIONAL PLATFORMS; EXTERNAL CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONAL PROTEINS; GILLESPIE ALGORITHM; IN-VITRO; KINETIC ANALYSIS; LIPID VESICLES; MOLECULAR PRECURSOR; PAPER ANALYSIS; RANDOM FLUCTUATION; RIBOZYMES; RNA GENOME; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SELF-REPLICATIONS; STOCHASTIC EFFECTS; STOCHASTIC NATURE; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; TIME BEHAVIOR; TIME EVOLUTIONS; UNDERLYING DYNAMICS; VESICLE MEMBRANES;

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; GENES; LIPOSOMES; OPEN SYSTEMS; RNA; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

LIPID; LIPOSOME; RIBOZYME;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL CELL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL CELLS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIPIDS; LIPOSOMES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, CATALYTIC; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84864932428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-13-S4-S10     Document Type: Article

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