Input-output relations in biological systems: Measurement, information and the Hill equation

Biology Direct

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Frank, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological design; Cellular biochemistry; Cellular sensors; Information theory; Measurement theory; Natural selection; Signal processing

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; KINETICS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

INFORMATION THEORY; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84889016222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-8-31     Document Type: Review

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