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Information decoding in microscopic biological processes.

Authors :
Kobayashi TJ
Source :
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference [Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc] 2013; Vol. 2013, pp. 2704-7.
Publication Year :
2013

Abstract

The cellular and intracellular dynamics are intrinsically stochastic and dynamic. However, whole biological system such as a cell or our body can function very robustly and stably even though they are composed of these stochastic reactions. To account for this riddling relation between macroscopic robustness and microscopic stochasticity, I propose a mechanism that information relevant for stable and reliable operation of a biological system is embedded in apparently stochastic and noisy behavior of their components. To show validity of this possibility, I demonstrates that information can actually be decoded from apparently noisy signal when it is processed by an appropriate dynamics derived by Bayes' rule. Next, I investigate biological relevance of this possibility by showing that several intracellular networks can implement this decoding dynamics. Finally, by focusing its dynamical properties, I show the mechanism how the derived dynamics can separate information and noise.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2694-0604
Volume :
2013
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
24110285
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610098