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An introduction to systems biology : design principles of biological circuits /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alon, Uri
Format: Printed Book
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Part one: Network motifs
  • Transcription networks basic concepts
  • Autoregulation
  • The feed forward loop
  • Temporal programs and the global structure of transcription networks
  • Positive feedback, bistability and memory
  • How to build a biological oscillator
  • Robustness
  • Kinetic proofreading and conformational proofreading
  • Part two: Robust signalling
  • Chemotaxis
  • Fold-change detection
  • Dynamical compensation and mutal resistance in tissues
  • Robust spatial patterning in development
  • Part three: Optimality
  • Optimal gene circuit design
  • Multi-objective optimality in biology
  • Modularity.