Using the Unified Modelling Language (UML) to guide the systemic description of biological processes and systems

BioSystems

Volumn 75, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 3-14

  Roux Rouquié, Magali ^a,c   Caritey, Nicolas ^a   Gaubert, Laurent ^a   Rosenthal Sabroux, Camille ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Data integration; Diagrammatic representation; Meta modelling; Systemics; Systems Biology; UML profile

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION; MODELING; STANDARD (REFERENCE); STANDARDIZATION;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SIMULATION;

EID: 3042818819     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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