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Mukhtar Ullah () and Olaf Wolkenhauer ()
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Mukhtar Ullah: University of Rostock, Department of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics Institute of Computer Science
Olaf Wolkenhauer: University of Rostock, Department of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics Institute of Computer Science

Chapter Chapter 1 in Stochastic Approaches for Systems Biology, 2011, pp 1-22 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract All known living systems are made up of one basic structural and functional unit: the cell. Populations of interacting cells can form higher levels of structural and functional organization. Take, for example, the human body, in which cells are organized to form tissues and organs. Cells in tissues and organs are specialized for a particular function they realize within that context. One can thus distinguish between the molecular level (molecules interacting within the cell), the cellular level (interacting cells), and the level of tissues or organs. Various organs together make up an organ system, and various organ systems together make up an organism. Now, with a complex system such as the human body, the different levels of structural and functional organization are tightly coupled.

Keywords: System Biology; Reaction Network; Functional Organization; Stochastic Approach; Stochastic Simulation Algorithm (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0478-1_1

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