SimBioNeT: A simulator of biological network topology

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 592-600

  Di Camillo, Barbara ^a   Falda, Marco ^a   Toffolo, Gianna ^a   Cobelli, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological networks; simulation; topological properties

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL NETWORKS; CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES; CLUSTERING COEFFICIENT; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DEGREE DISTRIBUTIONS; E. COLI; EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT; ENGINEERING ALGORITHMS; MODULE STRUCTURE; NETWORK ORGANIZATION; NETWORK PARAMETERS; S.CEREVISIAE; SCALE-FREE; SIMULATION; TOPOLOGICAL LEVELS; TOPOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL NETWORKS;

BIOINFORMATICS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; REVERSE ENGINEERING; SIMULATORS;

TOPOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALGORITHM; BIOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84856415651     PISSN: 15455963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCBB.2011.116     Document Type: Article

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