Title :
Modeling Bio-Molecular Machinery in the Complex Environment Inside the Cell
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Kobe Univ., Kobe, Japan
Abstract :
Biochemical processes are often modeled as reaction-diffusion systems represented by partial differential equations. However, cells have notable features such as complex structures and high densities of macromolecules, including molecular machines, which are omitted in classical modeling. We have therefore introduced coarse-grained models for processes involving the molecular machines to demonstrate how these features may affect the behavior of biological systems.
Keywords :
biochemistry; biology computing; macromolecules; molecular biophysics; partial differential equations; reaction-diffusion systems; biochemical processes; biological systems; biomolecular machinery modeling; coarse-grained models; complex environment; complex structures; macromolecules; molecular machines; partial differential equations; reaction-diffusion systems; Biochemistry; Biological system modeling; Biological systems; Chemicals; Computational modeling; Equations; Mathematical model; cell modeling; complex networks; computational biophysics; molecular machines; reaction-diffusion processes;
Conference_Titel :
Applications and the Internet (SAINT), 2011 IEEE/IPSJ 11th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Munich, Bavaria
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0531-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4423-6
DOI :
10.1109/SAINT.2011.50