| Literature DB >> 28929407 |
Samuel H McGuire1, Edward A Rietman1, Hava Siegelmann1, Jack A Tuszynski2,3.
Abstract
We investigate free energy behavior in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans during embryonic development. Our approach utilizes publicly available gene expression data, which gives us a picture of developmental changes in protein concentration and, resultantly, chemical potential and free energy. Our results indicate a clear global relationship between Gibbs free energy and time spent in development and provide thermodynamic indicators of the large-scale biological events of cell division and differentiation.Entities:
Keywords: Development; Entropy; Gibbs free energy; Protein-protein interaction networks
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28929407 PMCID: PMC5696307 DOI: 10.1007/s10867-017-9469-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biol Phys ISSN: 0092-0606 Impact factor: 1.365