Kahn D, Westerhoff H V
Division of Molecular Biology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam.
Acta Biotheor. 1993 Jun;41(1-2):85-96. doi: 10.1007/BF00712777.
The concepts of regulation and homeostasis are of frequent use but lack a single universally accepted definition. Here we propose a definition of the regulatory strength and homeostatic strength, which allow to assess the importance of a regulatory pathway in a quantitative fashion.