Global transcription regulation of RK2 plasmids: A case study in the combined use of dynamical mathematical models and statistical inference for integration of experimental data and hypothesis exploration

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Herman, Dorota ^a   Thomas, Christopher M ^a   Stekel, Dov J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPERON; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; R FACTOR; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

BAYES THEOREM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPERON; R FACTORS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 79960886799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-5-119     Document Type: Article

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