A method for the generation of standardized qualitative dynamical systems of regulatory networks

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mendoza, Luis ^a   Xenarios, Ioannis ^a  

^a SERONO PHARMACEUTICAL RES INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CHEMICAL REACTION; EFFECTOR CELL; HELPER CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEADY STATE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOFTWARE; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 33646346114     PISSN: 17424682     EISSN: 17424682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-3-13     Document Type: Article

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