Molecular
Computation
Chapter contributed to the book
Non-Standard Computation
Molecular Computation,
Cellular Automata, Evolutionary Algorithms, Quantum Computers
by T. Gramß, S. Bornholdt, M. Groß, M. Mitchell, T. Pellizzari
Foreword by M. Schroeder, Introduction by H. Schuster
Wiley-VCH, May 1998
ISBN 3-527-29427-9, Euro 69.00, 226 + xiv pp.
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von Claudia Borchard-Tuch und Michael Groß
Wiley-VCH
Juni 2002, ISBN 3527303812, Euro 24,90, 280 S.
Table of contents of Chapter 2:
- Introduction
- Computational molecules in the
cell
In the beginning there was -- information
RNA -- the universal genius
DNA -- the cell´s ROM
Enzyme regulation: phosphorylation
___Box 1: Proteins -- the basic facts
Signal transduction: G-proteins
Proteins as RAM
Protein-based neural networks
Light to electronical information (vision)
Electricity: from cells to brains
- Artificial biomolecular systems
The first bio-electronic material: bacteriorhodopsin
Protein-based memory
DNA-based computing: the idea
___Box 2: DNA -- the basic facts
___Box 3: NP-completeness & intractability
DNA computing performed by molecular biologist
- Supramolecular systems
Supramolecules and molecular recognition
___Box 4: Weak interactions -- the basic facts
Molecular wires
Supramolecular switches
Supramolecular memories
- Future prospects
DNA computing performed by programmed molecular system
Molecular computing and molecular manufacturing/nanotechnology
Other chapters in the book address:
- Genetic Algorithms (Stefan Bornholdt)
- Computation in Cellular Automata (Melanie Mitchell)
- The Theory of Quantum Computation (Tino Gramss)
- Quantum Computers: First Steps Towards a Realization (Thomas Pellizzari)
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