An Algebraic Approach to Signaling Cascades with n Layers

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-72

  Feliu, Elisenda ^a,b   Knudsen, Michael ^b   Andersen, Lars N ^b   Wiuf, Carsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Futile cycle; Mass action kinetics; Posttranslational modification; Rational function; Sequestration; Stimulus response

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84855893988     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-011-9658-0     Document Type: Article

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