Memory improves precision of cell sensing in fluctuating environments
- Submitting institution
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Goldsmiths' College
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 3453
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/srep05688
- Title of journal
- Scientific Reports
- Article number
- 5688
- First page
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- Volume
- 4
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 2045-2322
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- July
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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http://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/29291/
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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- Citation count
- 17
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper addresses from both the theoretically informational point of view and via simulations how biological cells can accurately sense chemical concentration even in fluctuating environment. It is the first paper to consider a fluctuating concentration of ligand and the role of memory (e.g. via methylation in bacterial chemotaxis, neuronal plasticity etc.) in improving the accuracy of concentration sensing in chemotaxis and has generated further discussion on cell strategies in sensing in fluctuating environment, more recently from group at Imperial College (Gosztolai, M Barahona - Communications Physics, 2020).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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