Comparing genomes to computer operating systems in terms of the topology and evolution of their regulatory control networks
Yan KK, Fang G, Bhardwaj N, Alexander RP, Gerstein M. Comparing genomes to computer operating systems in terms of the topology and evolution of their regulatory control networks. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2010, 107: 9186-9191. PMID: 20439753, PMCID: PMC2889091, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914771107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscriptional regulatory networksRegulatory networksCellular design principlesCall graphEvolutionary ratesGlobal regulatorOperating systemRandom mutationsSoftware systemsLiving organismBiological evolutionRapid evolutionSubsequent selectionFunctional modulesComputer operating systemsRegulatorNetwork hubsBiological systemsDesign principlesControl networkGeneric componentsHierarchical layoutGenomeEvolutionTerms of topology