Coupling oscillations and switches in genetic networks

BioSystems

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-69

  Gonze, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bistability; Coupling; Hysteresis; Limit cycle oscillations; Modular network; Switch

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COUPLING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYSTERESIS; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION;

ARTICLE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC REGULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SIMULATION;

EID: 70649104601     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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