Why Build Whole-Cell Models?

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 719-722

  Carrera, Javier ^a   Covert, Markus W ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Model driven discovery; Predictive biology; Whole cell modeling

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELL; CELL FUNCTION; DNA SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIMULATION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; WHOLE CELL; WHOLE CELL MODEL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84950157957     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: 18793088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2015.09.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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