Modeling circadian clocks: Roles, advantages, and limitations

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 712-729

  Gonze, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Interlocked feedback loops; Mathematical modeling; Molecular noise; Synchronisation; Temperature compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052274696     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-011-0062-4     Document Type: Review

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