Modeling genetic switches with positive feedback loops

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 379-399

  Kobayashi, Tetsuya ^a,b   Chen, Luonan ^c   Aihara, Kazuyuki ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GENETICS;

ARTICLE; GENE; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0345549531     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2003.3190     Document Type: Article

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