Chapter category: Bioinformatics
Mystery, Astrology or Service Technology?
Chapter authors:
Frank Eisenhaber*
Mathematical interpretation and integration of experimental data for the goal of biological theory development has had little, if none, impact on previous progress in life sciences compared with the sophistication of experimental approaches themselves. The genesis of recent spectacular breakthroughs in molecular biology that lead to the discovery of the enzymatic function of several nonmetabolic enzymes illustrates that this relationship is beginning to change.
