title: From databases to modelling of functional pathways.
abstract: This short review comments on current informatics resources and methodologies in the study of functional pathways in cell biology. It highlights recent achievements in unveiling the structural design of protein and gene networks and discusses current approaches to model and simulate the dynamics of regulatory pathways in the cell.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolari CNR, Università La Sapienza, P. le A. Moro 5, Roma 00185, Italy. sergio.nasi@uniroma1.it
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nasi