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Bacterial Chemotaxis as a Model Behavioral System

Bacterial Chemotaxis as a Model Behavioral System PDF Author: Daniel Koshland
Publisher: Raven Press (ID)
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Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Brief description of the system. The receptors. Repertoire of receptors. Plasticity of the cell. Location of receptors. Receptor theory. Transmission of information from the receptor to the signaling system. Multiple functions of receptors. Membrane potential as a receptor signal. The motor apparatus. Structure and energy source. Flagellar rotation and bacterial tumbling. The processing system. The behavioral response. Bacterial memory and the response regulator model. Information from nonchemotactic mutants in regard to the processing system. Optimization of the memory time. Complexity of the processing system. The reversible methylation system. The sensing switch. Relation of proton motive force to motor reversal. Integration of responses to multiple stimuli. Override effects. Gene product interactions. Adaptation. Observations of adaptation in psychophysics. The weber-fechner law. A molecular mechanism for the weber-fechner law. Application of molecular mechanism to the visual system. Immediate adaptive response to a stimulus. Heredity, environment, and chance. Bacteria and higher behavior. Relationships between simple and complex behavior. Cell biochemistry applied to abnormal behavior.