The regulatory network of E. coli metabolism as a Boolean dynamical system exhibits both homeostasis and flexibility of response

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Samal, Areejit ^a   Jain, Sanjay ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

DATABASES, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 42449164727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-2-21     Document Type: Article

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