Unlimited multistability in multisite phosphorylation systems

Nature

Volumn 460, Issue 7252, 2009, Pages 274-277

  Thomson, Matthew ^a   Gunawardena, Jeremy ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEOME;

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE;

EUKARYOTIC CELLS; KINETICS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 67650360968     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08102     Document Type: Article

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