Part of model, which represents a cell (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Part of model, which represents a cell

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The model has two information processing units (or sensors), which bind to molecules or ions within the chemical cocktail and change from a bound state to an unbound state, thus allowing the cell to gain information about the outside world.

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