3-Econsystems: microRNAs, receptors, and latent viruses; some insights biology can gain from economic theory

This mini-review describes three biological systems. All three include competing molecules and a limiting molecule that binds the competing molecules. Such systems are extensively researched by economists. In fact, the issue of limited resources is the defining feature of economic systems. There...

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Main Authors: Hanan ePolansky, Adrian eJavaherian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00369/full