Thermodynamic modeling of transcription: Sensitivity analysis differentiates biological mechanism from mathematical model-induced effects

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Dresch, Jacqueline M ^a   Liu, Xiaozhou ^b   Arnosti, David N ^b   Ay, Ahmet ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ALGORITHMS; MODELS, GENETIC; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 77958053631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-4-142     Document Type: Article

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