A comparison of two cell regulatory models entailing high dimensional attractors representing phenotype

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 443-449

  Baverstock, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cell regulation; Epigenetics; Genomic instability; Phenotype represented by attractor; Somatic and hereditary disease; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

BINDING SITES; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80051622587     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2011.01.002     Document Type: Review

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