Intrinsic fluctuations, robustness, and tunability in signaling cycles

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4473-4481

  Levine, Joseph ^a   Hao, Yuan Kueh ^b   Mirny, Leonid ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTIC SPORE; PHOSPHORYLATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UBIQUITINATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 34250334326     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.088856     Document Type: Article

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