title: Getting to the edge: protein dynamical networks as a new frontier in plant-microbe interactions.
abstract: A systems perspective on diverse phenotypes, mechanisms of infection, and responses to environmental stresses can lead to considerable advances in agriculture and medicine. A significant promise of systems biology within plants is the development of disease-resistant crop varieties, which would maximize yield output for food, clothing, building materials, and biofuel production. A systems or "-omics" perspective frames the next frontier in the search for enhanced knowledge of plant network biology. The functional understanding of network structure and dynamics is vital to expanding our knowledge of how the intercellular communication processes are executed. This review article will systematically discuss various levels of organization of systems biology beginning with the building blocks termed "-omes" and ending with complex transcriptional and protein-protein interaction networks. We will also highlight the prevailing computational modeling approaches of biological regulatory network dynamics. The latest developments in the "-omics" approach will be reviewed and discussed to underline and highlight novel technologies and research directions in plant network biology.
authors: Department of Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors: Cassandra C
authors: CC
authors: Garbutt
authors: Department of Computer and Information Sciences, The University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors: Purushotham V
authors: PV
authors: Bangalore
authors: Department of Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors: Pegah
authors: P
authors: Kannar
authors: Department of Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL, USA ; Nutrition Obesity Research Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors: M S
authors: MS
authors: Mukhtar
keywords: edgetics; functional modules; network dynamics; plant–pathogen interactions; protein–protein interactions; regulatory network; systems biology