Model for biological communication in a nanofabricated cell-mimic driven by stochastic resonance

Nano Communication Networks

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-49

  Karig, David K ^a   Siuti, Piro ^a,b   Dar, Roy D ^a,b   Retterer, Scott T ^a   Doktycz, Mitchel J ^a   Simpson, Michael L ^a,b,c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell mimic; Noise; Quorum sensing; Stochastic resonance; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULAR SIGNALS; BISTABLES; GENETIC NETWORKS; GENETIC SYSTEMS; INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS; LONG DISTANCES; MODEL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR SIGNALS; NANOFABRICATION; NANOMACHINES; NOISE; NOISE LEVELS; OPTIMAL LEVEL; QUORUM SENSING; STOCHASTIC RESONANCES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYNTHETIC GENE NETWORK; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TIME VARYING;

BIOCOMMUNICATIONS; BIOLOGY; CIRCUIT RESONANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 79956224136     PISSN: 18787789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nancom.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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