THE REGULATORY STRENGTH - HOW TO BE PRECISE ABOUT REGULATION AND HOMEOSTASIS

Authors
KAHN D WESTERHOFF HV
Citation
D. Kahn et Hv. Westerhoff, THE REGULATORY STRENGTH - HOW TO BE PRECISE ABOUT REGULATION AND HOMEOSTASIS, Acta biotheoretica, 41(1-2), 1993, pp. 85-96
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Acta biotheoretica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015342
Volume
41
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
85 - 96
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5342(1993)41:1-2<85:TRS-HT>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The concepts of regulation and homeostasis are of frequent use but lac k a single universally accepted definition. Here we propose a definiti on of the regulatory strength and homeostatic strength, which allow to assess the importance of a regulatory pathway in a quantitative fashi on.