Gene regulation and metabolism : postgenomic computational approaches /

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Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002.
Description:1 online resource (x, 310 pages) : illustrations.
Language:English
Series:Computational molecular biology
Computational molecular biology.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11118293
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Other authors / contributors:Collado-Vides, Julio.
Hofestädt, Ralf.
ISBN:9780262270649
0262270641
0585436916
9780585436913
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:As exciting as the new field of genomics is, it has not yet produced a basic conceptual change in biology. The fundamental problems remain: the origin of life, cell organization, the pathways of differentiation, aging, and the molecular and cellular capabilities of the brain. What has occurred is an explosion of molecular information obtained by genomic sequences, which will soon be followed by exhaustive catalogs of protein interactions and protein function. This wealth of information can be analyzed and manipulated only with the help of computers. The rapidly expanding role of computers in biology may usher in a profound conceptual change in how we study living systems in the laboratory. This book focuses on current computational approaches to understanding the complex networks of metabolic and gene regulatory capabilities of the cell. The contributors look well beyond the state of the art in computational biology to anticipate what biological research will be like in a post-genomic world.
Other form:Print version: Gene regulation and metabolism. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002 026203297X