Computational methods in synthetic biology

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1392-1405

  Kaznessis, Yiannis N ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical networks; Hybrid stochastic simulation; Markov processes; Stochastic chemical kinetics; SynbioSS

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL NETWORKS; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE; BIOMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; HUMAN BRAIN; HYBRID STOCHASTIC SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL FORMALISM; RESEARCH PROGRAMMES; STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC CHEMICAL KINETICS; SYNBIOSS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; SIMULATORS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; THERMODYNAMICS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TETRACYCLINE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DATA STORAGE DEVICE; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTOSE OPERON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STEADY STATE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; THEORY CONSTRUCTION; THEORY-PRACTICE RELATIONSHIP; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 70449575870     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.200900163     Document Type: Review

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