Structure and dynamics of a gene network model incorporating small RNAs

2003 Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2003 - Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 199-206

  Geard, Nicholas ^a   Wiles, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RNA;

ARTIFICIAL GENOMES; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; EUKARYOTIC ORGANISMS; GENE NETWORK MODELS; GENETIC REGULATORY NETWORKS; SIGNALLING MOLECULES; STRUCTURAL AND DYNAMIC PROPERTIES; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS;

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

EID: 79951953317     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CEC.2003.1299575     Document Type: Conference Paper

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