A Hybrid Model of a Genetic Regulatory Network in Mammalian Sclera

Myopia in human and animals is caused by the axial elongation of the eye and is closely linked to the thinning of the sclera which supports the eye tissue. This thinning has been correlated with the overproduction of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-2), an enzyme that degrades the collagen structure of...

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Main Authors: Qin Shu, Diana Catalina Ardila, Ricardo G. Sanfelice, Jonathan P. Vande Geest
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Publishing Association 2013-08-01
Series:Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
Online Access:http://arxiv.org/pdf/1309.0873v1