分子生物学的主要挑战是如何更好的理解基因问的调控机理。重建基因网络有助于探索生命系统的本质问题。这里对研究基因调控网络的起源、发展动向、目的和方法及目前所面临的挑战进行了综述。
One ofthe major challenges in molecular biology is to understand the precise mechanism by which gene expression is regulated. Reconstruction of regulatory networks is essential to mode.ling this mechanism.