Bio-Logic Builder: A Non-Technical Tool for Building Dynamical, Qualitative Models

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Helikar, Tomáš ^a   Kowal, Bryan ^a   Madrahimov, Alex ^a   Shrestha, Manish ^a   Pedersen, Jay ^a   Limbu, Kahani ^a   Thapa, Ishwor ^a   Rowley, Thaine ^a   Satalkar, Rahul ^a   Kochi, Naomi ^a   Konvalina, John ^a   Rogers, Jim A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAC PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIO LOGIC BUILDER; CELL CYCLE; CLIENT SERVER APPLICATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNET; MAMMAL CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; YEAST CELL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNET; LOGIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84867637547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046417     Document Type: Article

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