Modelling the effects of cell-to-cell variability on the output of interconnected gene networks in bacterial populations

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Politi, Nicolò ^a   Pasotti, Lorenzo ^a   Zucca, Susanna ^a   Magni, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; PROCEDURES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84961589486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-9-S3-S6     Document Type: Article

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