Efficiency, robustness, and stochasticity of gene regulatory networks in systems biology: λ switch as a working example

Introduction to Systems Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 336-371

  Zhu, Xiaomei ^a   Yin, Lan ^b   Hood, Leroy ^c   Galas, David ^c   Ao, Ping ^d  

^a GenMath Corp   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (United States)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

cooperation; dynamical landscape; efficiency; genetic switch; Phage ; robustness; stochastic processes; systems biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849113447     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-531-2_18     Document Type: Chapter

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