Robustness and coherence of a three-protein circadian oscillator: Landscape and flux perspectives

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3038-3046

  Wang, Jin ^a,b   Xu, Li ^a,c   Wang, Erkang ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIUM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATOR; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 72549098069     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.09.021     Document Type: Article

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