Cellular Computing (Genomics and Bioinformatics) [Hardcover]

Barbara Hanawalt (Author), Martyn Amos (Editor)

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Publication Date: August 5, 2004 | ISBN-10: 0195155394 | ISBN-13: 978-0195155396 | Edition: 1

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 would be the first to deal 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.

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About the Author

Martyn Amos is at University of Exeter.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1 edition (August 5, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195155394
• ISBN-13: 978-0195155396
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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Table of contents

Part I: Theoretical and Engineering Principles

1. An Introduction to Cellular Computing

Martyn Amos and Gerald Owenson

2. Proteins and Information Processing

Ray Paton, Michael Fisher, Grant Malcolm and Koichiro Matsuno

3. Enzyme Genetic Programming

Michael Lones and Andy Tyrell

4. Genetic Process Engineering

Ron Weiss, Thomas F. Knight Jr. and Gerald Sussman

5. The Device Science of Whole Cells as Components in Microscale and Nanoscale Systems

Michael L. Simpson, Gary S. Sayler, et al.

Part II: Laboratory Experiments

6. The Enterococcus faecilis Information Gate

Kenichi Wakabayashi and Masayuki Yamamura

7. Cellular Computation and Communication Using Engineered Genetic Regulatory Networks

Ron Weiss, Thomas F. Knight Jr. and Gerald Sussman

8. The Biology of Integration of Cells in Microscale and Nanoscale Systems

Michael L. Simpson, Timothy E. McKnight, et al.

Part III: Computation in Ciliates

9. Encrypted Genes and Their Assembly in Ciliates

David M. Prescott and Grzegorz Rozenberg

10. Biocomputation in Ciliates

Lila Kari and Laura F. Landweber