Computational systems biology.
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To understand complex biological systems requires the integration of experimental and computational research -- in other words a systems biology approach. Computational biology, through pragmatic modelling and theoretical exploration, provides a powerful foundation from which to address critical scientific questions head-on. The reviews in this Insight cover many different aspects of this energetic field, although all, in one way or another, illuminate the functioning of modular circuits, including their robustness, design and manipulation. Computational systems biology addresses questions fundamental to our understanding of life, yet progress here will lead to practical innovations in medicine, drug discovery and engineering.
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Fitting parameters of mechanistic models to experimental data is usually a daunting task.
“Fitting parameters of mechanistic models to experimental data is usually a daunting task [6].”
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- Authors
- Kitano, H.
- Affiliations
- Sony Computer Science Laboratories (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Kitano, Hiroaki
- ORCID
- Kitano, Hiroaki
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2002-11
- Volume
- 420
- Issue
- 6912
- Pages
- 206-210
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2143784594
- Cited by
- 2,209
- References
- 4
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- FWCI
- 5.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
- Keywords
- computational systems biology, computational biology, biological circuit design, circuit robustness, biological modelling, drug discovery, synthetic biology
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cells, Computer Simulation, Drug Evaluation, Preclinical, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Medicine, Molecular Biology, Systems Theory, Computational Biology
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