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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811930503321

Titolo

Cellular computing / / edited by Martyn Amos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

0-19-756194-2

0-19-028868-X

1-280-50235-5

1-4237-2021-0

0-19-803537-3

1-4337-0098-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

Series in Systems Biology

Disciplina

571.6

Soggetti

Bioinformatics

Cellular automata

Molecular computers

Nanotechnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; 1 An Introduction to Cellular Computing; 2 Proteins and Information Processing; 3 Enzyme Genetic Programming; 4 Genetic Process Engineering; 5 The Device Science of Whole Cells as Components in Microscale and Nanoscale Systems; 6 The Enterococcus faecalis Information Gate; 7 Cellular Computation and Communication Using Engineered Genetic Regulatory Networks; 8 The Biology of Integration of Cells into Microscale and Nanoscale Systems; 9 Encrypted Genes and Their Assembly in Ciliates; 10 Biocomputation in Ciliates; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R

ST; U; V; W; X

Sommario/riassunto

The completion of the first draft of the human genome has led to an explosion of interest in genetics and molecular biology. The view of the genome as a network of interacting computational components is well-



established, but researchers are now trying to reverse the analogy, by using living organisms to construct logic circuits. The potential applications for such technologies is huge, ranging from bio-sensors, through industrial applications to drug delivery and diagnostics. This book deals with the implementation of this technology, describing several working experimental demonstrations using cells as components of logic circuits, building toward computers incorporating biological components in their functioning.