Computational studies of the intestinal host-microbiota interactome

Computation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 2-28

  Christley, Scott ^a   Cockrell, Chase ^a   An, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematical modeling and simulation; Microbiome; Translational bioinformatics; Translational systems biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85030027209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20793197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/computation3010002     Document Type: Review

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