EMERGENT PROPERTIES OF NETWORKS OF BIOLOGICAL SIGNALING PATHWAYS, BY U.S. BHALLA AND R. IYENGAR
SCIENCE 283, (15 JANUARY,1999) PP 381-387
“WE DEVELOPED THE NETWORK MODEL IN STAGES”
“THESE NETWORKS EXHIBIT EMERGENT PROPERTIES SUCH AS INTEGRATION OF SIGNALS ACROSS MULTIPLE TIME SCALES, GENERATION OF DISTINCT OUTPUTS DEPENDING ON INPUT STRENGTH AND DURATION, AND SELF-SUSTAINING FEEDBACK LOOPS
LEARNING AND MEMORY MAY OCCUR IN BIOCHEMICAL SIGNALLING PATHWAYS