Analysis of biological networks / / edited by Bjorn H. Junker and Falk Schreiber

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910817826203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley-Interscience, c2008
• ISBN: 1-118-20991-5; 1-281-28468-8; 9786611284688; 0-470-25348-7; 0-470-25346-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Collana: Wiley series on bioinformatics
• Altri autori (Persone): JunkerBjorn H; SchreiberFalk
• Disciplina: 570.11; 570.285
• Soggetti: Biological models; Computational biology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Networks in biology / Björn H. Junker -- Graph theory / Falk Schreiber -- Global network properties / Ralf Steuer and Gorka Zamora López -- Network centralities / Dirk Koschützki -- Network motifs / Henning Schwöbbermeyer -- Network clustering / Balabhaskar Balasundaram and Sergiy Butenko -- Petri nets / Ina Koch and Monika Heiner -- Signal transduction and gene regulation networks / Anatolij P. Potapov -- Protein interaction networks / Frederik Börnke -- Metabolic networks / Márcio Rosa da Silva ... [et al.] -- Phylogenetic networks / Birgit Gemeinholzer -- Ecological networks / Ursula Gaedke -- Correlation networks / Dirk Steinhauser ... [et al.].
• Sommario/riassunto: An introduction to biological networks and methods for their analysis Analysis of Biological Networks is the first book of its kind to provide readers with a comprehensive introduction to the structural analysis of biological networks at the interface of biology and computer science. The book begins with a brief overview of biological networks and graph theory/graph algorithms and goes on to explore: global network ; properties, network centralities, network motifs, network clustering, Petri nets, signal transduction and gene regulation networks, protein interaction networks, metabolic networks, phylogenetic networks, ecological networks, and correlation networks. Analysis of Biological Networks is a self-contained introduction to this important research topic, assumes no expert knowledge in computer science or biology, and is accessible to professionals and students alike. Each chapter concludes with a summary of main points and with exercises for readers to test their understanding of the material presented. Additionally, an FTP site with links to author-provided data for the book is available for deeper study. This book is suitable as a resource for researchers in computer science, biology, bioinformatics, advanced biochemistry, and the life sciences, and also serves as an ideal reference text for graduate-level courses in bioinformatics and biological research.