Just that they can, not that they do.
I would hazard an informed guess that
they are.
Dan.
Caltech News Server wrote:
> But what make you think gene regulatory networks display chaotic dynamics?
>>> "Dan" <dmb at mrc-dunn.cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:3F268145.4010200 at mrc-dunn.cam.ac.uk...>>>you would think, but when dealing with chaotic ocalations
>>the problem is somewhat more complex.
>>>>Did you know a simple driven ocalator can have an infinate
>>number of stable paterns at the onset of chaos?
>>>>This means that the palete of natures regulatory networks
>>in infinate in theory.
>>>>Cool eh?
>>>>>>Lord Snooty wrote:
>>>>>Thanks. When reverse engineering a metabolic circuit, the answer to this
>>>question is important. Any information at all in this regard reduces the
>>>reconstruction effort (aka the search space) considerably.
>>>>>>-Andrew
>>>>>>Caltech News Server wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>You can easily make logic gates using moiety conserved cycles, pretty
>>>> much
>>>>>all signaling pathways are made using them. Now whether nature does this
>>>> is
>>>>>another matter.
>>>>>>>>HMS
>>>>>>>>h s a u r o @ k g i dot e d u
>>>>>>>>"Lord Snooty" <bonzo at dog.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:pgpmoose.200307151456.10888 at net.bio.net...>>>>>>>>>>>>>It seems clear that a Boolean AND function occurs in nature. Also, it
>>>>> is
>>>>>>clear that, since both inhibition and excitation of pathways exists, we
>>>>>can have a NOT gate equivalent. But does an OR gate exist in natural
>>>>>protein pathways? An XOR gate?
>>>>>>>>>>-Andrew
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