著者

久保田 浩行 黒田 真也

出版者

一般社団法人 日本生物物理学会

雑誌

生物物理 (ISSN:05824052)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.53, no.4, pp.184-189, 2013 (Released:2013-07-25)

参考文献数

18

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Cellular responses, such as cell fate decision and hormonal regulations, can be regulated by distinct temporal patterns of signaling molecules. However, how temporal patterns of signaling molecules determine the cellular responses remains largely unknown. Recently, we have proposed the concept of “temporal coding”, by which a single molecular species can encode multiple information through its temporal patterns. We found that signaling pathways can process information of stimulation patterns depending on their network motif and kinetics, and cells can regulate downstream molecules depending on stimulation pattern. Thus, “temporal coding” appears to serve as an information-embedding strategy to elicit specific cellular responses.