title: [Chemical biology--a new branch of science].
abstract: Chemical biology is a new branch of science characteristic with global description of biological processes occurring within the cell. It covers synthesis of new chemical compounds for systems biology studies and search for natural small molecular weight chemical compounds with high cellular regulatory potential. Chemical biology power is based on 3 pillars as chemical synthesis, computer calculations and systems biology.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 12 Noskowskiego St., 61-704 Poznań, Poland. Jan.Barciszewski@ibch.poznan.pl
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barciszewski
authors.forename: Henryk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koroniak
authors.forename: Wojciech T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Markiewicz
mesh_terms: D001671:Biochemistry / Q000145:classification*; D002477:Cells / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008967:Molecular Biology