Know the Single-Receptor Sensing Limit? Think Again

How cells reliably infer information about their environment is a fundamentally important question. While sensing and signaling generally start with cell-surface receptors, the degree of accuracy with which a cell can measure external ligand concentration with even the simplest device—a single recep...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aquino, Gerardo, Wingreen, Ned S., Endres, Robert G.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer US 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4761375/