BIOMOLECULAR NETWORKS: FROM ANALYSIS TO SYNTHESIS

摘要

The study of biological networks is a very challenging research area in biocomputing. This field is of utmost importance, however. These networks underlie much of the emerging fields of synthetic and systems biology, which are revolutionizing molecular biology. Here, we use the term "biological networks" both to refer to biomolecular networks (e.g., gene regulatory networks) and to supporting knowledge representation networks (e.g., Gene Ontology). There have been numerous recent advancements in synthetic biology. In academia, the Registry of Standard Biological Parts has been developed based on the concept of BioBricks, allowing scientists to browse through standardized and interchangeable biological parts for building synthetic biological systems.