INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMS BIOLOGY, AN - DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGICAL CIRCUITS

Thorough and accessible, this book presents the design principles of biological systems, and highlights the recurring circuit elements that make up biological networks. It provides a simple mathematical framework which can be used to understand and even design biological circuits. The textavoids specialist terms, focusing instead on several well-studied biological systems that concisely demonstrate key principles. An 'Introduction to Systems Biology: Design Principles of Biological Circuits' builds a solid foundation for the intuitive understanding of general principles. It encourages the reader to ask why a system is designed in a particular way and then proceeds to answer with simplified models.