Retroactivity in the context of modularly structured biomolecular systems

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  Pantoja Hernández, Libertad ^a,b   Martínez García, Juan Carlos ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Modularity; Regulatory biomolecular networks; Retroactivity; Signal transduction; Synthetic biology; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017217928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22964185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2015.00085     Document Type: Review

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