The ups and downs of biological timers

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Rappaport, Noa ^a   Winter, Shay ^a   Barkai, Naama ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; GENE DOSAGE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OSCILLOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSCILLOMETRY;

EID: 24944459432     PISSN: 17424682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-2-22     Document Type: Article

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