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Systems Biology

Functional Strategies of Living Organisms

  • The book provides a framework for developing a greater understanding of this exciting and new area of research

  • This book will help to enable the reader to develop an understanding of genetic and chemical regulation in complex biological systems

  • The book brings a unique focus on the complex relationships that exist within and between biological systems

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. The Structure and Function of Living Organisms

    • Leszek Konieczny, Irena Roterman-Konieczna, Paweł Spólnik
    Pages 1-32
  3. Energy in Biology—Demand and Use

    • Leszek Konieczny, Irena Roterman-Konieczna, Paweł Spólnik
    Pages 33-63
  4. Information—its Role and Meaning in Organisms

    • Leszek Konieczny, Irena Roterman-Konieczna, Paweł Spólnik
    Pages 65-124
  5. Regulation in Biological Systems

    • Leszek Konieczny, Irena Roterman-Konieczna, Paweł Spólnik
    Pages 125-165
  6. Interrelationship In Organized Biological Systems

    • Leszek Konieczny, Irena Roterman-Konieczna, Paweł Spólnik
    Pages 167-200
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 201-204

About this book

The objective of this book is to present the strategies employed by living organisms on a molecular level and to help understand the basics of Systems Biology. Its content is organized in a way to meet the exponential growth in the volume of biological knowledge, and the need for a multidisciplinary approach in the practice of teaching modern biology. For this reason, the whole material is divided into five chapters, each devoted to a fundamental concept: Structure-Function, Energy, Information, Regulation and Interrelationships. The book describes generic mechanisms which occur in biology and promotes a simulation-based approach to the subject of Systems Biology. The use of basic knowledge as the background for presenting biological problems obligates the teachers to deal with generalized phenomena comprising the ever increasing volume of teaching materials. This book is intended for biologists and is informative for specialists in the areas of computer science, robotics and engineering.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

    Leszek Konieczny

  • Dept. of Bioinformatics & Telemedicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

    Irena Roterman-Konieczna, Paweł Spólnik

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Systems Biology

  • Book Subtitle: Functional Strategies of Living Organisms

  • Authors: Leszek Konieczny, Irena Roterman-Konieczna, Paweł Spólnik

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01336-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34588-8Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-01336-7Published: 01 October 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 204

  • Number of Illustrations: 66 b/w illustrations, 91 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Biomedicine general, Systems Biology, Cell Biology, Bioinformatics

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eBook USD 129.00
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  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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