Modelling self-assembly in BlenX

  • Authors:
  • Roberto Larcher;Corrado Priami;Alessandro Romanel

  • Affiliations:
  • CoSBi, Povo, (TN), Italy;CoSBi, Povo, (TN), Italy;CoSBi, Povo, (TN), Italy

  • Venue:
  • Transactions on Computational Systems Biology XII
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

The process through which disordered components spontaneously arrange themselves into patterns is called self-assembly. Molecular self-assembly describes the process by which molecules adopt a defined arrangement without external guidance (e.g. formation of membranes and protein complexes). These biological processes are essential to the functioning of cells. We investigate the usage of BlenX, a process calculi based programming language, for modelling molecular self-assembly of filaments, trees and rings. Moreover, we show how these structures can be used to model actin polymerization.