Stochastic Effects in Quorum Sensing

Stochastic fluctuations, or noise, are ubiquitous in biological systems and play an important role in many cellular processes. Experimental evidences have shown that noise affects the reliability of cell coordination in populations of communicating cells. In this thesis, we study the effects of stoc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weber, Marc
Other Authors: Buceta Fernández, Javier
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universitat de Barcelona 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/276154