Design principles of biochemical oscillators

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 981-991

  Novák, Béla ^a   Tyson, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 56749160113     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm2530     Document Type: Review

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