Quantitative analysis of robustness and fragility in biological networks based on feedback dynamics

Bioinformatics

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 987-994

  Kwon, Yung Keun ^a,b   Cho, Kwang Hyun ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE MUTATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 41349112310     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 13674811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btn060     Document Type: Article

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