Inferring Drosophila gap gene regulatory network: A parameter sensitivity and perturbation analysis

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 94-

  Fomekong Nanfack, Yves ^a   Postma, Marten ^a   Kaandorp, Jaap A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 70449515650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-3-94     Document Type: Article

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