Robustness and state-space structure of Boolean gene regulatory models

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 249, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 749-765

  Willadsen, Kai ^a,b   Wiles, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boolean model; Gene regulatory network; Robustness

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FLY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; DECISION MAKING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE INTERACTION; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, INSECT; MODELS, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 36248985686     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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