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This is an introductory course of systems biology. We will focus on the structure of regulatory networks, their global properties and enrichment of regulatory motifs. We will study commonly repeating motifs, and will explain their function and reason for their evolutionary conservation.
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Oral exam Last update: Svozil Daniel (23.05.2018)
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R: Alon U, An introduction to systems biology. Design principles of biological circuits, Chapman & Hall/CRC 2007, ISBN: 978-1584886426 R: Klipp E, Liebermeister W, Wierling C, Kowald A, Lehrach H, Herwig R, Systems Biology: A textbook, Wiley-VCH Verlag 2009, 978-3527318742 Last update: Kubová Petra (11.04.2018)
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1. How cells perceive a world. Regulatory networks. 2. Transcription networks and their properties. Network motifs. 3. Autoregulation: SOS DNA repair system in E. coli. 4. Coherent feed-forward loop: protection against random fluctuations. Arabinosis system in E. coli. 5. Noncoherent feed-forward loop: quick response to the environment change. Galactosis system in E. coli. 6. Regulatory networks in embryonal development: bistable switch. Sonic Hedgehog and the limb development in vertebrae. 7. Neural networks: multilayer perceptron in C. elegans. 8. Other network motifs and global structure of regulatory networks. Project assignment. 9. Robustness of protein circuits: chemotaxion in E. coli. 10. Robustness in embryonal development: body segmentation in D. melanogaster. 11. Kinetic proofreading: antigenu T recognition by the cell. 12. Optimality of gene circuits, relationship with a biological fitness: LacZ protein in E. coli. 13. Optimality of gene circuits, rule of the demand. 14. Project presentations. Last update: Kubová Petra (11.04.2018)
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Students will be able to:
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Biochemistry, Molecular genetics Last update: Kubová Petra (11.04.2018)
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