Handbook of Systems Biology book cover

Handbook of Systems Biology

Concepts and Insights

Edited by
  • Marian Walhout, UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA
  • Marc Vidal, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA,and Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
  • Job Dekker, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA

This book provides an entry point into Systems Biology for researchers in genetics, molecular biology, cell biology, microbiology and biomedical science to understand the key concepts to expanding their work. Chapters organized around broader themes of Organelles and Organisms, Systems Properties of Biological Processes, Cellular Networks, and Systems Biology and Disease discuss the development of concepts, the current applications, and the future prospects. Emphasis is placed on concepts and insights into the multi-disciplinary nature of the field as well as the importance of systems biology in human biological research. Technology, being an extremely important aspect of scientific progress overall, and in the creation of new fields in particular, is discussed in 'boxes' within each chapter to relate to appropriate topics.

Hardbound, 552 Pages

Published: November 2012

Imprint: Academic Press

ISBN: 978-0-12-385944-0

Contents

  • SECTION I: Component of biological systems
    Proteomic analysis of cellular systems
    The protein-coding transcriptome
    ncRNAs and their targets

    SECTION II: Network properties of biological systems
    Probabilistic functional networks
    Protein-protein inteactome networks
    Gene regulatory networks
    Phenotypic profiling networks
    Genetic interaction networks
    Chromatin networks
    Drug-target networks
    Graph theory properties of cellular networks

    SECTION III: Dynamic and logical propoerties of biological systems
    Boolean models of cellular networks
    Bayesian approaches in understanding networks
    Transcriptional network logic in development
    Metabolic systems reconstruction
    Evolution of biological networks
    Systems understanding of the cell cycle
    Quantitative design principles on molecular systems
    Systems biology of signaling
    Single cell systems dynamics
    Spatial organization of cellular systems

    SECTION IV: Systems and biology
    Systems understanding of yeast biology
    systems understandingof c.elegans development
    Biological systems in Arabidopsis
    Biological rhythms in development and hemeostasis
    System biology of stem cells
    The brain connectome

    SECTION V:MULTISCALE BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, HEALTH AND ECOLOGY
    Systems medicine
    Cancer systems biology
    Infectious disease and the immune system
    Network perturbations and disease states
    Impact of personal genomics on systems biology
    Social networks, human disease, and epidemics

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