A hidden feedback in signaling cascades is revealed

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Ventura, Alejandra C ^a   Sepulchre, Jacques A ^b   Merajver, Sofía D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINS; SIGNALING;

ACTIVATED PROTEINS; BIOCHEMICAL SWITCHES; COVALENT MODIFICATIONS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; KINETIC DESCRIPTION; MECHANISTICS; PERTURBATION ANALYSIS; PROPERTY; SIGNALING CASCADES; SIGNALLING PATHWAYS;

CHAINS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; COVALENT BOND; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; OSCILLATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; PROTEOME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PROTEOME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 41849098863     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000041     Document Type: Article

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