The enzymatic basis of information processing in the living cell.
Analogies are drawn between the computational aspects of information processing and the enzymatic events of cellular metabolism. The origin thereof is linked to the logic-elements involved in the reaction-diffusion processes of the metabolic operation. It is shown how such function entails a 'molecular machine' quality when associated with organized non-equilibrium energy sources in the cell.
Welch
G R
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Department of Biology, University of New Orleans, LA 70148, USA. grwbs@uno.edu
D002477:Cells / Q000201:enzymology*; D004058:Diffusion; D007257:Information Theory; D008954:Models, Biological