Molecular communication through gap junction channels: System design, experiments and modeling

Proceedings of the Bio-Inspired Models of Network, Information, and Computing Systems, Bionetics 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 139-146

  Nakano, Tadashi ^a   Suda, Tatsuya ^a   Koujin, Takako ^b   Haraguchi, Tokuko ^b   Hiraoka, Yasushi ^b  

^a Irvine   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium signaling; Gap junction channels; Molecular communication; Synthetic biological systems

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SIGNALING; GAP JUNCTION CHANNELS; MOLECULAR COMMUNICATION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

BIOCOMMUNICATIONS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 53149098264     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIMNICS.2007.4610100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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