Getting the Word Out on Lead

نویسندگان

  • Natalia L. Komarova
  • Dominik Wodarz
چکیده

Suppose that cells divide with rate l, die with rate d, become quiescent with rate α, and “wake up” from quiescence with rate β. We will refer to parameters α and β as quiescence parameters. Note that the “amount of quiescence” in the colony correlates positively with α and negatively with β. Let us denote by i the number of cycling cells and by j the number of quiescent cells. The system’s state is defined by the pair (i, j). The dynamics of cells can be described by a following continuous time birth-death process. In an infenitesimally small interval of time, ∆t, only the following changes in the system are possible:

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Environmental Health Perspectives

دوره 103  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1995