Title | Kinetic Logic A Boolean Approach to the Analysis of Complex Regulatory Systems [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the EMBO Course "Formal Analysis of Genetic Regulation", Held in Brussels, September 6-16, 1977 / edited by Renรฉ Thomas |
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Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1979 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-49321-8 |
Descript | XIII, 510 p. online resource |
I: Verbal description of two well-documented genetic circuits: the lactose system in the bacterium E. coli and immunity in bacteriophage lambda -- II: The molar behaviour of cells in development -- III: Assessing the probable regulatory structures and dynamics of the metazoan genome -- IV: Combinational systems -- V: Sequential systems -- VI: Kinetic logic: a boolean analysis of the dynamic behavior of control circuits -- VII: The dynamic behaviour of boolean systems comprising feedback loops -- VIII: Delphin: a logical machine with incrementable phase delays -- IX: Computer programs for simulation of logical models -- X: Net structures for sequential logic -- XI: Mathematical aspects of biological regulatory processes -- XII: On the relation between boolean methods and the theory of finite Markov chains -- XIII: Stochastic models of cellular variability -- XIV: Comparative analysis of negative loops by continuous, boolean and stochastic approaches -- XV: How to deal with more than two levels -- XVI: General discussion on the simplifying assumptions in methods using logical, stochastic or differential equations; the ranges of applicability and the complementarity of the approaches -- XVII: Some biological examples -- XVIII: Boolean formalism and urban development -- XIX: Numerical models of oscillating genetic signals -- XX: A model for the achievement of accuracy in biology and economy -- XXI: Serial thresholds and homeotic variation -- XXII: An application of catastrophe theory to the study of a switch in Dictyostelium discoideum -- XXIII: Boolean approach of a prey-predator system