DocumentCode
3524735
Title
Cell motility as an implementation of molecular computing
Author
Matsuno, Koichiro
Author_Institution
Technol. Univ. of Nagaoka, Japan
fYear
1988
fDate
4-7 Nov. 1988
Abstract
An ATP-activated actin filament and a flagellar exoneme of eukaryotic spermatozoon display a kind of bending motion exhibiting a one-to-many correspondence of the displacement of the moving medium to the force actualized there. The one-to-many relationship necessitates a materialistic capacity for making choices on the part of molecules and cells. This capacity, as demonstrated in cell motility, refers to the capacity of specifying the further specifiability intrinsic to the molecular computing that controls the dynamics of motile cells. Cell motility is a demonstration of the molecular computation operating in the mode of rendering the execution program variable while executing.<>
Keywords
cell motility; molecular biophysics; ATP-activated actin filament; bending motion; cell motility; dynamics control; eukaryotic spermatozoon; execution program variability; flagellar exoneme; making choices; molecular computing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
New Orleans, LA, USA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0785-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1988.95320
Filename
95320
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