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020 _a9781439837177 (pbk : alk. paper)
020 _a9781138490116 (hbk : alk. paper)
082 0 0 _a570.113
_bALO.A
100 1 _aAlon, Uri,
245 1 3 _aAn introduction to systems biology :
_bdesign principles of biological circuits /
_cUri Alon.
250 _aSecond edition.
300 _a324pages cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPart 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.
650 0 _aSystems biology.
650 0 _aComputational biology.
650 0 _aBiological systems
942 _cBK