Economic Principles in Cell Biology

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Background knowledge

Cellular economics builds on knowledge from different disciplines and on a history of ideas in biology and beyond. In the section "Reading recommendations" at the end of the book you will find books, articles, and online resources.

Book chapters

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1 - The cell as a factory

2 - An inventory of cell components

3 - Cell metabolism

4 - Metabolic flux distributions

5 - Optimization of metabolic fluxes

6 - The enzyme cost of metabolic fluxes

7 - Optimization of metabolic states

8 - Principles of cell growth

9 - Universal features of autocatalytic systems

10 - Resource allocation in complex cell models

11 - Benefit and cost of a protein

12 - Optimal cell behavior in time

13 - Diversity of metabolic fluxes in a cell population

14 - Cells in the face of uncertainty

15 - Strategies for cell cycle control

16 - Economy of organ form and function

Structure of the book

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