Do scale-free regulatory networks allow more expression than random ones?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 331-336

  Fortuna, Miguel A ^a   Melián, Carlos J ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex networks; Gene networks; Network assembly; Regulatory interactions; Transcriptional regulatory networks

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENOME; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EVOLUTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME; MODELS, GENETIC; SOFTWARE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 34249892465     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.03.017     Document Type: Article

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