Fluctuations importance and control in biological systems
Résumé
Living cells are miniature chemical 'factories'. Unlike their macroscopic counterparts, due to the small number of molecules involved, the reactions that take place are not fully deterministic. 'Probability' management is part and parcel of cell life and leaves its mark at all length scales of living matter. We review some aspects of 'stochastic noise' management, which has profoundly changed our vision of living systems during the past ten years.