Modeling of system biology: from DNA to protein by automata networks

The emphasis of this paper is on using finite automata (FA) as a modeling tool to model, simulate and analyze the process of protein production. There is tremendous potential for mathematical and computational approaches in leading to fundamental insights and important practical benefits in research on biological systems. Mathematical and computational approaches have long been appreciated in physics and have played an ever-increasing role in chemistry. Now more and more molecular biologist and biochemists are interested in using computer science applications and mathematical approaches in their work. In the first section, we introduce the basic concept of bioinformatics and modeling tools in biology. In the second and third sections the molecular events of protein production process is explained and then based on the molecular events, a finite automata model is constructed.