Multiscale Analysis of Biological Systems

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-19

  Lesne, Annick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES HAUTES ÉTUDES SCIENTIFIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Circular causality; Effective models; Integrative biology; Multiscale approaches; Regulation; Self consistent equations; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENOME; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

EID: 84875655239     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10441-013-9170-z     Document Type: Article

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