Computational Methods in Systems Biology2003
First International Workshop, CMSB 2003, Roverto, Italy, February 24-26, 2003, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
by Corrado Priami
Molecularbiologyhasuntilnowmainlyfocussedonindividualmolecules,on theirpropertiesasisolatedentitiesorascomplexesinverysimplemodelsystems. However,biologicalmoleculesinlivingsystemsparticipateinverycomplexn- works,includingregulatorynetworksforgeneexpression,intracellularmetabolic networksandbothintra-andintercellularcommunicationnetworks. Suchn- worksareinvolvedinthemaintenance(homeostasis)aswellasthedi?erentiation ofcellularsystemsofwhichwehaveaveryincompleteunderstanding. Nevertheless,theprogressinmolecularbiologyhasmadepossiblethedetailed descriptionofthecomponentsthatconstitutelivingsystems,notablygenesand proteins. Large-scalegenomesequencingmeansthatwecan(atleastinpr- ciple)delineateallmacromolecularcomponentsofagivencellularsystem,and...