TY - BOOK ID - 220511 TI - An introduction to systems biology : design principles of biological circuits PY - 2007 VL - 10 SN - 1584886420 9781584886426 PB - Boca Raton London New York : Chapman & Hall/CRC, DB - UniCat KW - Biomathematics. Biometry. Biostatistics KW - Mathematical statistics KW - Computational biology KW - Biological systems KW - Bio-informatique KW - Systèmes biologiques KW - Mathematical models KW - Modèles mathématiques KW - Systems biology KW - Cellule KW - cells KW - Biologie KW - biology KW - Développement biologique KW - biological development KW - Réseau de neurones KW - Neural networks KW - Mécanisme chimiotactique KW - Chemotaxis KW - Facteur de transcription KW - Transcription factors KW - Immunogénétique KW - Immunogenetics KW - Expression des gènes KW - gene expression KW - Biosystems KW - Systems, Biological KW - Biology KW - System theory KW - Philosophy KW - Computational biology. KW - Systems biology. KW - Basic Sciences. Biology KW - Mathematical models. KW - Biosystematics KW - Biosystematics. KW - Systèmes biologiques KW - Modèles mathématiques KW - Bioinformatics KW - Molecular biology KW - Biological systems - Mathematical models UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:220511 AB - This book presents recently discovered design principles that govern the structure and behavior of biological networks such as gene circuits, highlighting simple, recurring circuit elements that make up the network. It provides a quantitative theory for which circuits are found in a given environment and a mathematical framework for understanding and even designing biological circuits. The book requires only basic mathematics and includes a review of the necessary background material. It fills a significant need for a textbook and introduction to the concepts, principles, and mathematical tools that will form the basis of future developments in the field. An Introduction to Systems Biology: Design Principles of Biological Circuits builds a solid foundation for the intuitive understanding of general principles. It encourages the reader to ask why a system is designed in a particular way and then proceeds to answer with simplified models. ÂExplains the basic circuitry in transcription regulation, signal transduction, and developmental networks ÂIncludes examples ranging from bacterial chemotaxis through developmental patterning and neuronal circuits to immune recognition ÂExamines the principle of robustness ÂDetails how constrained evolutionary optimization can be used to understand optimal circuit design ÂConsiders how kinetic proofreading and other mechanisms can minimize errors made in biological information-processing ÂIncludes solved problems after each chapter that detail topics not discussed in the main text Thorough and accessible, this book presents the design principles of biological systems, and highlights the recurring circuit elements that make up biological networks. It provides a simple mathematical framework which can be used to understand and even design biological circuits. The text avoids specialist terms, focusing instead on several well-studied biological systems that concisely demonstrate key principles. ER -