microRNA as a potential vector for the propagation of robustness in protein expression and oscillatory dynamics within a ceRNA network

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Gérard, Claude ^a,b   Novák, Béla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELLS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84893503792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083372     Document Type: Article

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