How robust are switches in intracellular signaling cascades?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 293-300

  Blüthgen, Nils ^a   Herzel, Hanspeter ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

MAPK cascade; Robustness; Signal transduction; Ultrasensitivity; Working range

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

CYTOLOGY; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 17644446947     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00247-9     Document Type: Article

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