External noise control in inherently stochastic biological systems

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Zheng, Likun ^a   Chen, Meng ^a   Nie, Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84870504165     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4762825     Document Type: Article

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