Intervention in gene regulatory networks via phenotypically constrained control policies based on long-run behavior

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-136

  Qian, Xiaoning ^a   Dougherty, Edward R ^b,c,d  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

^c TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulatory networks; Markov chain; melanoma; network intervention; probabilistic Boolean networks; stationary control policy

Indexed keywords

GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MARKOV CHAIN; MELANOMA; PROBABILISTIC BOOLEAN NETWORKS; STATIONARY CONTROL POLICY;

DERMATOLOGY; MARKOV PROCESSES; ONCOLOGY;

GENE THERAPY;

TUMOR MARKER;

ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PHENOTYPE; PROBABILITY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MELANOMA; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHENOTYPE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 81455143774     PISSN: 15455963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCBB.2011.107     Document Type: Article

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