Multistable decision switches for flexible control of epigenetic differentiation

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Guantes, Raúl ^a,b   Poyatos, Juan F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NICOLÁS CABRERA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

AUTOREGULATIONS; BI-STABILITY; CELLULAR CONDITIONS; EPIGENETICS; FLEXIBLE CONTROL; GENES EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CIRCUITS; MULTISTABILITY; MULTISTABLE; STABLE STATE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL FATE; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC STABILITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STOCHASTIC MODEL; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HOMEOSTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOMEOSTASIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 57149091743     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000235     Document Type: Article

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