title: Sniffers, buzzers, toggles and blinkers: dynamics of regulatory and signaling pathways in the cell.
abstract: The physiological responses of cells to external and internal stimuli are governed by genes and proteins interacting in complex networks whose dynamical properties are impossible to understand by intuitive reasoning alone. Recent advances by theoretical biologists have demonstrated that molecular regulatory networks can be accurately modeled in mathematical terms. These models shed light on the design principles of biological control systems and make predictions that have been verified experimentally.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA. tyson@vt.edu
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Tyson
authors.forename: Katherine C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Bela
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Novak
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000502:physiology; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D025461:Feedback, Physiological / Q000502:physiology; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*