Information Content in Stochastic Pulse Sequences of Intracellular Messengers
Many cell signaling pathways rely on oscillatory messenger concentrations even to transduce aperiodic environmental changes. The universal second messenger calcium, Ca2+ often exhibits pulsatile behavior in the presence of constant concentrations of external ligands such as hormones or neurotransmit...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Physics |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphy.2018.00074/full |