Biological Roots and Applications of P Systems: Further Suggestions

Abstract

Abstract. P systems offer the possibility to appropriately describe discrete processes performed by: i) single objects: catalytic molecules (= enzymes), supramolecular structures (MscL, porins, ionic channels etc.), single cells, and ii) a small number of objects occurring in the sample, e.g., several mechanosensitive channels occurring within a membrane patch. Thus P systems could offer the possibility to capture and model the plethora of experimental data obtained in the emerging and rapidly growing field of single cell or single molecule or atom studies.Furthermore, it is suggested that in vitro implementation of P systems could be done by the use of artificial membranes, a step forward computations with artificial membranes.