qbio 2011 intro

Dennis bray
Flagella motor switching. Conformational spread of motor FLiM proteins based on cheY binding. Determine clockwise v counterclockwise.

Experiments show stall, switch time etc.

Receptor lattice model
Dense cells move to cold. Most cells move to heat. Growing cells produce fly which adapts the heat sensor so only the cryophillic response remains. Gene expression also kicks in on longer timescales.

Is this behavior, knowledge?
“A free living cell uses its knowledge of the world, written in chemistry, to predict the behavior of its world” approx

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