An analysis of the Petri net based model of the human body iron homeostasis process

Computational Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Sackmann, Andrea ^a,b   Formanowicz, Dorota ^c   Formanowicz, Piotr ^a,d   Koch, Ina ^b   Blazewicz, Jacek ^a,d  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WILDAU   (Germany)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Iron homeostasis; Metabolic pathways; Petri nets

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HUMAN FORM MODELS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; IRON HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLIC PATHWAYS;

PETRI NETS;

IRON;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33846851564     PISSN: 14769271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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