The principle of sufficiency and the evolution of control: Using control analysis to understand the design principles of biological systems

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1210-1214

  Brown, Guy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Design; Evolution; Metabolic control analysis; Regulation; Selection

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; PROTEIN;

ALLELE; BIOLOGY; CONTROL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; GENE CONTROL; METABOLIC REGULATION; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; MUTANT; NATURAL SELECTION; NULL ALLELE; POPULATION; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 77957277052     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0381210     Document Type: Review

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