Uncovering mechanisms of bistability in biological systems

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-388

  Pomerening, Joseph R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTROL THEORY; FEEDBACK; MECHANISMS;

BI-STABILITY; CELLULAR RESPONSES; MOLECULAR MECHANISMS; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS; SIGNALING PATHWAYS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; ULTRASENSITIVITY;

OPTICAL BISTABILITY;

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE; PHEROMONE; X LINKED INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS;

ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

CELL DIVISION; PHOSPHORYLATION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 49549102185     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2008.06.009     Document Type: Review

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