Robustness of signal transduction pathways

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2259-2269

  Blüthgen, Nils ^a,c   Legewie, Stefan ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Armenia)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; BMP; Feedback; Heterogeneity; MAPK; Robustness; Sensitivity; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

CELL COMMUNICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; ROBUSTNESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84879115936     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1162-7     Document Type: Review

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