Computational design of synthetic regulatory networks from a genetic library to characterize the designability of dynamical behaviors

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Rodrigo, Guillermo ^a,b   Carrera, Javier ^a,b,c   Jaramillo, Alfonso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

^b Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE LIBRARY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE LIBRARY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 80455124085     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr616     Document Type: Article

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