A cellular solution to an information-processing problem

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 34, 2014, Pages 12402-12407

  Iyengar, Garud ^a   Rao, Madan ^b,c  

^a Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Active mechanics; Information optimization; Protein sensors

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN; INTEGRIN RECEPTOR; RAS PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR;

ADVECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL CONTACT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CYTOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MAMMAL CELL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SENSOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; INFORMATION THEORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84906663908     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1406608111     Document Type: Article

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