Regulatory control and the costs and benefits of biochemical noise

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Tǎnase Nicola, Sorin ^a   Ten Wolde, Pieter Rein ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROTEINS; STEM CELLS;

BIOCHEMICAL NOISE; CELL/B.E; CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATION; COST AND BENEFITS; GENES EXPRESSION; PROTEIN CONCENTRATIONS; REGULATORY CONTROL; REGULATORY PROTEIN; SINGLE CELLS; STOCHASTICS;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOISE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 50949119269     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000125     Document Type: Article

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