Mesoscopic biochemical basis of isogenetic inheritance and canalization: Stochasticity, nonlinearity, and emergent landscape

MCB Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-30

  Qian, Hong ^a   Ge, Hao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attractor; Bistability; Self organization; Single cell; Stochastic gene expression; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

ARRHENIUS THEORY; ATTRACTOR; BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; CELL DIVISIONS; CELLULAR SIGNALING; CHEMICAL SYSTEMS; EMERGENT PROPERTY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS; MESOSCOPIC DYNAMICS; MESOSCOPIC SYSTEMS; MESOSCOPICS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; NON-LINEARITY; RATE THEORY; REACTION SYSTEM; SELF-ORGANIZATION; SINGLE CELLS; SINGLE-MOLECULE; SOJOURN TIME; STOCHASTICITY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TRANSITION RATES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL PROLIFERATION; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; DYNAMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

ARTICLE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; MATHEMATICS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICS;

EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MATHEMATICS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84859224635     PISSN: 15565297     EISSN: 15565300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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