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Nature 446, 497 (29 March 2007) | doi:10.1038/446497a; Published online 28 March 2007
Connections Simplicity in biology
Uri Alon1
- Uri Alon is in the Departments of Molecular Cell Biology and Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
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Abstract
Networks of interactions between thousands of molecules within cells seem to defy comprehension, but shared principles of design may simplify the picture.
'Complex' is perhaps the most common adjective used to describe biological phenomena. In every cell, complex networks of interactions occur between thousands of metabolites, proteins and DNA.
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