Mathematical Conditions for Induced Cell Differentiation and Trans-differentiation in Adult Cells

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 819-844

  Bodaker, Matan ^a   Louzoun, Yoram ^b   Mitrani, Eduardo ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bimodal genes; Differentiation; Intra cellular networks; Random Boolean networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877028766     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-013-9837-2     Document Type: Article

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