Information transmission in genetic regulatory networks: A review

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Tkačik, Gašper ^a   Walczak, Aleksandra M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^b LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; INFORMATION THEORY;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC REGULATORY NETWORKS; INFORMATION TRANSMISSION; MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS; POSITIONAL INFORMATION; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; REGULATORY INTERACTIONS;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENTROPY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; INFORMATION SCIENCE; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ENTROPY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; INFORMATION THEORY; MODELS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79953652546     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/15/153102     Document Type: Review

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