RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Biological Networks: The Tinkerer as an Engineer
JF Science
JO Science
FD American Association for the Advancement of Science
SP 1866
OP 1867
DO 10.1126/science.1089072
VO 301
IS 5641
A1 Alon, U.
YR 2003
UL http://science.sciencemag.org/content/301/5641/1866.abstract
AB This viewpoint comments on recent advances in understanding the design principles of biological networks. It highlights the surprising discovery of “good-engineering” principles in biochemical circuitry that evolved by random tinkering.