What are gene regulatory networks?

Handbook of Research on Computational Methodologies in Gene Regulatory Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-27

  de la Fuente, Alberto ^a  

^a CRS4 Bioinformatica ^*  (Italy)

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EID: 84898521305     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-685-3.ch001     Document Type: Chapter

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