• 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