Complex gene regulatory networks - From structure to biological observables: Cell fate determination

Computational Complexity: Theory, Techniques, and Applications

Volumn 9781461418009, Issue , 2013, Pages 527-560

  Huang, Sui ^a   Kauffman, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

BOOLEAN NETWORKS; CELL TYPES; CELL-FATE; COMPLEX GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; NETWORK DYNAMICS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

EID: 84899453635     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1800-9_35     Document Type: Chapter

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