Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 145-150 , October 2007

Robust effects of Tsr–CheBp and CheA–CheYp affinity in bacterial chemotaxis

Received 2 December 2006 ,Revised 31 July 2007 ,Accepted 31 July 2007.

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PII: S0933-3657(07)00098-X

doi: 10.1016/j.artmed.2007.07.011

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 145-150 , October 2007

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