Modeling biology spanning different scales: An open challenge

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Castiglione, Filippo ^a   Pappalardo, Francesco ^b   Bianca, Carlo ^c,d   Russo, Giulia ^b   Motta, Santo ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEW; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; BIOLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84929376895     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/902545     Document Type: Review

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