Ultrasensitivity part III: Cascades, bistable switches, and oscillators

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 612-618

  Ferrell, James E ^a   Ha, Sang Hoon ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bistability; Limit cycle oscillations; Negative feedback; Positive feedback; Signaling cascades; Ultrasensitivity

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; KINETICS; NOMENCLATURE;

ANIMALS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84918821228     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: 13624326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2014.10.002     Document Type: Review

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