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Response to Shape Emerges in a Complex Biochemical Network and Its Simple Chemical Analogue
Author(s) -
Kastrup Christian J.,
Shen Feng,
Ismagilov Rustem F.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200604995
Subject(s) - simplicity , simple (philosophy) , stimulus (psychology) , computer science , biological system , hemostasis , property (philosophy) , blood clotting , biochemical engineering , biology , psychology , cognitive psychology , epistemology , engineering , philosophy , psychiatry , biomedical engineering
Ship shape : At what level of simplicity is emergent behavior possible? An emergent property can arise at the level of a biochemical reaction network. Hemostasis, which regulates blood clotting, can respond to the shape of a patch of surface stimulus. This response can be understood from chemical principles, as demonstrated with numerical simulations and a simplified nonbiological, chemical system.