On the underlying assumptions of threshold Boolean networks as a model for genetic regulatory network behavior

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Tran, Van ^a   McCall, Matthew N ^a   McMurray, Helene R ^a   Almudevar, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asynchronous update; Attractor; Boolean network; Feedback loop; Genetic regulatory network; State augmentation; Steady state; Yeast cell cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892404977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00263     Document Type: Article

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