Molecule Network Map Typical of Systems Biology (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Molecule Network Map Typical of Systems Biology

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Transcriptome map for a particular strain of cyanobacterium shows the genes the bacterium is expressing under dark (blue dots) and light conditions (red and green dots), and the interconnections between these transcription products. By analyzing networks like these, researchers can find bottlenecks in a bacterium’s metabolism that might be addressed by genetic engineering. The image is from an article by Pakrasi and colleagues that appeared in the Aug. 1 issue of Molecular BioSystems.

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Pakrasi/Molecular Biosystems

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