Signals and systems: Towards a systems biology of signal transduction

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1386-1397

  Gunawardena, Jeremy ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidermal growth factor; Input output behavior; Microfluidics; Multisite protein phosphorylation; Signal transduction; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; MICROFLUIDICS;

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL STRATEGY; EXTERNAL SIGNALS; INPUT/OUTPUT BEHAVIORS; PHYSICAL SCIENCE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 47949113424     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2008.925413     Document Type: Article

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