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

By: Material type: TextTextEdition: Second editionDescription: 324pages cmISBN:
  • 9781439837177 (pbk : alk. paper)
  • 9781138490116 (hbk : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 570.113 ALO.A
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.
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Book Book Campus Library Kariavattom General Stacks Campus Library Kariavattom Non-fiction 570.113 ALO.A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available UCL29535

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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