Frequency selectivity, multistability, and oscillations emerge from models of genetic regulatory systems

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 2 43-2, 1998, Pages

  Smolen, Paul ^a   Baxter, Douglas A ^a   Byrne, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Control theory; Genetic models; Optimal stimulus frequencies; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE;

EID: 0031935932     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1998.274.2.c531     Document Type: Article

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