Mathematical models of specificity in cell signaling

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3425-3441

  Bardwell, Lee ^a   Zou, Xiufen ^a,b   Nie, Qing ^a   Komarova, Natalia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCAFFOLD PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL SPECIFICITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOISE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34247850947     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.090084     Document Type: Article

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