Biological organisation as closure of constraints

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 372, Issue , 2015, Pages 179-191

  Montévil, Maël ^a,b   Mossio, Matteo ^a  

^a Universite Paris 2   (France)

^b Institut desSystèmesComplexes Paris Île de France   (France)

Author keywords

Biological organisation; Closure; Constraints; Symmetries; Time scales

Indexed keywords

CLOSURE; SYMMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANISATION; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LUNG; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ENZYME; OXYGEN;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYMES; HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84925444311     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.02.029     Document Type: Article

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