Using topology to tame the complex biochemistry of genetic networks

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1984, 2013, Pages

  Thattai, Mukund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Boolean threshold models; Feedback loops; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; GENE EXPRESSION; TOPOLOGY;

BACTERIAL POPULATION; BIOCHEMICAL DATA; CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS; COLLECTIVE DYNAMICS; EMERGENT PROPERTY; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FEED-BACK LOOP; GENETIC NETWORKS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; INTERACTING GENES; LIVING CELL; QUORUM-SENSING; SIMPLE NETWORKS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; THRESHOLD MODEL; TOPOLOGICAL APPROACH;

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

PROTEOME;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROTEOME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874181433     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0548     Document Type: Review

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