Control of genetic regulatory networks: Opportunities and challenges

Zidonghua Xuebao/Acta Automatica Sinica

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1969-1979

  Wang, Pei ^a   Lv, Jin Hu ^b  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Genetic regulatory network (GRN); Negative feedback; Noise; Positive feedback; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL NETWORKS; CONTROL PROBLEMS; GENETIC REGULATORY NETWORKS; LIFE-SCIENCES; NOISE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

CONTROL; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

FEEDBACK;

EID: 84891652779     PISSN: 02544156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1004.2013.01969     Document Type: Review

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