title: Artificial life simulation of self-assembly in bacteriophage by movable finite automata.
abstract: This paper presents a model which is based on biological research using the movable finite automata (MFA) on a self-assembly of T4 phage, and exhibits the results of artificial life simulation. In the previous work, Thompson and Goel [Artificial Life, Addison Weley, 1989, pp. 317-340; Biosystems 18 (1985) 23; J. Theor. Biol. 131 (1988) 351] presented the movable finite automata (MFA) which has a capability of moving on finite automata, and simulated on a computer. They were represented individual rectangular boxes, however, the results of simulation was different from real T4 phage. We propose the sphere model as a protein structure, and simulate the self-assembly of the entire structure of the T4 phage on a computer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Ishikawa National College of Technology, Ishikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shirayama
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koshino
authors.forename: Toyomasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hatakeyama
authors.forename: Haruhiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D010582:Bacteriophage lambda / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D032701:Biomimetics / Q000379:methods*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D039301:Computers, Molecular; D008954:Models, Biological; D008956:Models, Chemical; D014771:Virion / Q000737:chemistry / Q000254:growth & development*; D019065:Virus Assembly / Q000502:physiology*