Stochastic modelling of gene regulatory networks

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 691-711

  El Samad, Hana ^a   Khammash, Mustafa ^a   Petzold, Linda ^a   Gillespie, Dan ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Dan T Gillespie Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulatory networks; Molecular noise; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; FEEDFORWARD CONTROL LOOPS; MOLECULAR NOISE;

GENES;

EID: 27644480701     PISSN: 10498923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rnc.1018     Document Type: Article

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