Molecular Oncology
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 308-320 , August 2009

Endocytosis and signalling: A meeting with mathematics

  • Marc R. Birtwistle

      Affiliations

    • Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
    • ,
  • Boris N. Kholodenko

      Affiliations

    • Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
    • Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Received 18 May 2009 ,Accepted 27 May 2009.

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Molecular Oncology
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 308-320 , August 2009

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