Modeling network dynamics: The lac operon, a case study

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 471-476

  Vilar, José M G ^a   Guet, Cǎlin C ^a,b   Leibler, Stanislas ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Gene expression; Induction; Lac operon; Regulation

Indexed keywords

CELL POPULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOSE OPERON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; LAC OPERON; LACTOSE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037936613     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200301125     Document Type: Short Survey

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