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Formalizing Spherical Membrane Structures and Membrane Proteins Populations

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Membrane Computing (WMC 2006)

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We present a formalization of membrane structure by using a parametric 2-dimensional spherical surface, where membrane proteins reside and can move, according to prescribed operations. A more detailed formalization of membrane proteins acting as transporters is also given, thus possibly allowing a global scale analysis of ion flows across a membrane. Several other applications, both biology and computation oriented, are proposed.

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  1. Dipartimento di Informatica e Comunicazione, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Comelico 39, 20135, Milano, Italy

    Daniela Besozzi

  2. Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, Leiden University, Niels Bohrweg 1, 2333, CA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Grzegorz Rozenberg

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  1. Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, Universiteit Leiden, Niels Bohrweg 1, 2333, Leiden, CA, The Netherlands

    Hendrik Jan Hoogeboom

  2. Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, PO Box 1-764, 014700, Bucureşti, Romania

    Gheorghe Păun

  3. Leiden Center of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), Leiden University, Niels Bohrweg 1, 2333, Leiden, CA, The Netherlands

    Grzegorz Rozenberg

  4. Turku Centre for Computer Science (TUCS), Leminkäisenkatu 14, 20520, Turku, Finland

    Arto Salomaa

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Besozzi, D., Rozenberg, G. (2006). Formalizing Spherical Membrane Structures and Membrane Proteins Populations. In: Hoogeboom, H.J., Păun, G., Rozenberg, G., Salomaa, A. (eds) Membrane Computing. WMC 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4361. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11963516_2

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