Gene regulatory network models: A dynamic and integrative approach to development

Practical Systems Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 113-139

  Alvarez Buylla, Elena R ^a   Balleza, Enrique ^b   Benítez, Mariana ^a   Espinosa Soto, Carlos ^a   Padilla Longoria, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENOME; HUMAN; PLANT GENE; REVIEW; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, PLANT; GENOME; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 79960958753     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203967195-8     Document Type: Chapter

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