2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study of biological functions through formulation of the response theory of reaction network system
| Project/Area Number |
19740260
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Biophysics/Chemical physics
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
AWAZU Akinori Hiroshima University, 大学院・理学研究科, 助教 (00448234)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2010
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| Keywords | 触媒反応ネットワーク / 分子少数性 / 緩和 |
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| Research Abstract |
We investigated the dynamical properties of catalytic reaction network systems inspired by the biochemical reaction networks in cells. We found the catalytic reaction systems involving not large enough number of molecules like cells generally realize the following phenomena. 1) The phase transition and self-organized criticality appear by the molecular number deficiency. 2) Slow relaxation to thermodynamic equilibrium state. We also proposed the origin of the phenotype fluctuation by these phenomena.
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