Ins and outs of systems biology vis-à-vis molecular biology: Continuation or clear cut?

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-49

  de Backer, Philippe ^a   de Waele, Danny ^a   van Speybroeck, Linda ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Molecular biology; Reductionism; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGY; DATA SET; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DATABASES, GENETIC; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PUBMED; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 77950366941     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10441-009-9089-6     Document Type: Article

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