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Published on: September 20, 2011
Signal transduction pathway modeling using sequences of chromatophore images
Iva Orhanovic1, Regis J Crinon, Frank W R Chaplen
1Deparment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-5501, USA. iva123@verizon.net
Abstract:
Extensive research is being done in order to use chromatophore cells as biosensors for various substances. In this paper, a link between the biological aspect of chromatophores and digital image/video processing techniques used for chromatophore characterization is established for this purpose. A model of the Gs--AC--PKA--granule motion-image feature signal transduction pathway is proposed, starting from the concentration of the input ligand and ending in the pigment area extracted from a microscope image. The model extends an existing system biology differential equation based model of the Gs--AC--PKA transduction pathway obtained from the Database of Quantitative Cellular Signaling (DQCS). Examples are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed system model.
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