Physical approaches to the dynamics of genetic circuits: A tutorial

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 439-464

  Garcia Ojalvo, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Excitability; Gene regulatory circuits; Genetic noise; Genetic oscillations; Multicellular dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054792105     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: 13665812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00107514.2011.588432     Document Type: Article

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