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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Frank SA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5897783 | biostudies-other | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Sensory perception often scales logarithmically with the input level. Similarly, the output response of biochemical systems sometimes scales logarithmically with the input signal that drives the system. How biochemical systems achieve logarithmic sensing remains an open puzzle. This article shows how a biochemical logarithmic sensor can be constructed from the most basic principles of chemical reactions. Assuming that reactions follow the classic Michaelis-Menten kinetics of mass action or the m ...[more]