RESEARCH ARTICLE
Boolean Modeling of Biochemical Networks
Tomas Helikar1, Naomi Kochi2, John Konvalina3, Jim A. Rogers*, 1, 3
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2011Volume: 5
First Page: 16
Last Page: 25
Publisher ID: TOBIOIJ-5-16
DOI: 10.2174/1875036201105010016
Article History:
Received Date: 12/10/2009Revision Received Date: 02/07/2010
Acceptance Date: 04/08/2010
Electronic publication date: 02/02/2011
Collection year: 2011
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Abstract
The use of modeling to observe and analyze the mechanisms of complex biochemical network function is becoming an important methodological tool in the systems biology era. Number of different approaches to model these networks have been utilized-- they range from analysis of static connection graphs to dynamical models based on kinetic interaction data. Dynamical models have a distinct appeal in that they make it possible to observe these networks in action, but they also pose a distinct challenge in that they require detailed information describing how the individual components of these networks interact in living cells. Because this level of detail is generally not known, dynamic modeling requires simplifying assumptions in order to make it practical. In this review Boolean modeling will be discussed, a modeling method that depends on the simplifying assumption that all elements of a network exist only in one of two states.