Ultrasensitive response motifs: Basic amplifiers in molecular signalling networks

Open Biology

Volumn 3, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Qiang ^a   Bhattacharya, Sudin ^a   Andersen, Melvin E ^a  

^a HAMNER INSTITUTES FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Hill coefficient; Motif; Response coefficient; Sigmoid; Ultrasensitivity

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; REVIEW;

GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEINS; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84877783519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.130031     Document Type: Review

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