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PLoS Computational Biology Issue Image | Vol. 7(6) June 2011

Living cells must appropriately balance responsiveness with noise suppression to reliably execute physiological programs.

Pictured are two biomolecular networks from budding yeast, composed of different basic architectures. The generalized time-frequency analysis framework developed by Ratushny et al. enables the systematic exploration of the dynamical properties of biomolecular networks. Using this framework, the authors reveal remarkably distinct network behaviors in terms of trade-offs between responsiveness and noise suppression that are appropriately tuned to each biological response. (See Ratushny et al., doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002091)

Image Credit: Alexander V. Ratushny, Institute for Systems Biology, USA.

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Living cells must appropriately balance responsiveness with noise suppression to reliably execute physiological programs.

Pictured are two biomolecular networks from budding yeast, composed of different basic architectures. The generalized time-frequency analysis framework developed by Ratushny et al. enables the systematic exploration of the dynamical properties of biomolecular networks. Using this framework, the authors reveal remarkably distinct network behaviors in terms of trade-offs between responsiveness and noise suppression that are appropriately tuned to each biological response. (See Ratushny et al., doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002091)

Image Credit: Alexander V. Ratushny, Institute for Systems Biology, USA.

https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pcbi.v07.i06.g001