Sniffers, buzzers, toggles and blinkers: Dynamics of regulatory and signaling pathways in the cell

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-231

  Tyson, John J ^a   Chen, Katherine C ^a   Novak, Bela ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CELL CYCLE; GENE INTERACTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; OSCILLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0037376655     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(03)00017-6     Document Type: Review

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