Neutral fitness landscapes in signalling networks

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 41-47

  Fernández, Pau ^a   Solé, Ricard V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell signalling; Cellular networks; Evolution; Neutral landscapes

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LANDSCAPE; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33846867274     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0152     Document Type: Article

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