BIOSYSTEMS
January 1999
Volume 49 No. 1 (1999)
CONTENTS
Modular control analysis of slipping enzymes
S. Schuster, H.V. Westerhoff (Germany, The Netherlands). ................ 1-15
Active Brownian particles with energy depots modeling animal mobility
W. Ebeling, F. Schweitzer, B. Tilch (Germany) ....................... 17-29
Using genetic algorithms for the construction ofphylogenetic trees: application to G-protein
coupled receptor sequences
T.H. Reijmers, R. Wehrens, F.D. Daeyaert, P.J. Lewi, L.M.C. Buydens (The Nether-
lands, Belgium).......................................... 31-43
Metabolism and the problem of its universalization
A.M. Bergareche, K. Ruiz-Mirazo (Spain) .......................... 45-61
Fractal properties of DNA walks
G. Abramson, H.A. Cerdeira, C. Bruschi (Italy). ...................... 63-70
The mechanical advantages of DNA
V. Norris, T. Onoda, H. Pollaert, G. Grehan (France, Japan). .............. 71-78
Meeting report
Modeling and simulation of gene regulation and metabolic pathways
J. Collado-Vides, R. Hofestadt, M. Mavrovouniotis, G. Michal (Germany) ....... 79-82
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BIOSYSTEM
February 1999
Volume 49 No. 2 (1999)
CONTENTS
An evolutionary analytical model of a complementary circular code
Didier G. Arques, Jean-Paul Fallot, Laurent Marsan, Christian J. Michel (France) . . 83-103
Memory retrieval as a p-adic dynamical system
Sergio Albeverio, Andrei Khrennikov, Peter E. Kloeden (Germany, Sweden) ...... 105-115
DNA dynamics and endogeneous fields
M. Sataric, S. Zdravkovic, J.A. Tuszynski (Yugoslavia, Canada) ............. 117-125
Characterizing critical rules at the 'edge of chaos'
Peter John Hiett (UK). ..................................... 127-142
Evaluation of characteristic parameters for the neurotransmitter release mechanisms at the
neuromuscular junction
Takashi Naka (Japan) ...................................... 143-149
Quantifying elasticity analysis: how external effectors cause changes to metabolic systems
Edward K. Ainscow, Martin D. Brand (UK) .................... .... 151-159
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BIOSYSTEMS
March 1999
Volume 49 No. 3 (1999)
CONTENTS
A mathematical model of cell growth and alkane degradation in Wadden Sea .sediment
suspensions
L. Berthe-Corti, W. EbenhOh (Germany) ........................... 161-189
Modelling effects of high product and substrate inhibition on oscillatory behavior in
continuous bioreactors
Y. Lenbury, A. Neamvong, S. Amornsamankul, P. Puttapiban (Thailand) ....... 191-203
Rule-based programming paradigm: a formal basis for biological, chemical and physical
computation
V. Krishnamurthy, E.V. Krishnamurthy (Australia)..................... 205-228
Quantum mechanics in the present progressive mode and its significance in biological
information processing
K. Matsuno, R.C. Paton (Japan, UK) ............................ 229-237
Author index.............................................. 239
Subject index. ............................................ 241-243
Volume contents........................................... 245-246
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BIOSYSTEM
April 1999
Volume 50 No. 1 (1999)
CONTENTS
Foundations of metabolic organization: coherence as a basis of computational properties in
metabolic networks
A.U. Igamberdiev (Russia) ................................... 1-16
Improving genetic algorithms for protein folding simulations by systematic crossover
R. KOnig, T. Dandekar (Germany) .............................. 17-25
Dual interaction producing both territorial and schooling behavior in fish
Y.-P. Gunji, Y. Kusunoki, N. Kitabayashi, T. Mochizuki, M. Ishikawa, T. W atanabe
(Japan). .............................................. 27-47
The modularity of biological regulatory networks
D. Thieffry, D. Romero (Mexico, Belgium) ......................... 49-59
A method for modeling life based on physical attributes
K. lida (Japan) .......................................... 61-69
Robustness and time-scale hierarchy in biological systems
1. Rojdestvenski, M. .Cottam, Y.-l. Park, G. Oquist (Sweden, Canada). ......... 71-82
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BIOSYSTEMS
May 1999
Volume 50 No. 2 (1999)
CONTENTS
Diversity of temporal self-organized behaviors in a biochemical system
I.M. De la Fuente (Spain) ................................... 83-97
Transient phase of enzyme reactions. Time course equations of the strict and the rapid
equilibrium conditions and their computerized derivation
R. Varon, M.M. Ruiz-Galea, C. Garrido-del Solo, F. Garcia-Sevilla, M. Garcia-Mo reno,
F. Garcia-Canovas, B.H. Havsteen (Spain, Germany). ................... 99-126
Life after Newton: an ecological metaphysic
R.E. Ulanowicz (USA) ..................................... 127-142
The emergence of the concept of a tool in food-retrieving behavior of the ants Formica
japonica Motschulsky
N. Kitabayashi, Y. Kusunoki, Y.-P. Gunji (Japan) ..................... 143-156
Guide to Authors .......................................... 157-158
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BIO SYSTEM
Volume 50, No. 3, JUNE 1999
CONTENTS
Intracellular signalling proteins as 'smart' agents in parallel distributed processes
M.J. Fisher, R.C. Paton, K. Matsuno (UK, Japan). ........................................................ 159-171
Memories in context
A. Pomi Brea, E. Mizraji (Uruguay). .............................................................................. 173-188
Biological variation of glucose and insulin includes a deterministic chaotic component
M.H. Kroll (USA) ......................................................................................................... 189-201
A quantum mechanical model of adaptive mutation
J. McFadden, J. AI-Khalili (UK) ...................................................................................... 203-211
Book review ...................................................................................................................... 213-218
Author index. ......................................................................................................................... 219
Subject index. ........................................................................................................................ 221-223
Volume contents. ................................................................................................................... 225-226
Guide to Authors ................................................................................................................... 227-228
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BIOSYSTEMS
Volume 51, NUMBER, 1, JULY 1999
CONTENTS
Symmetry breaking and adaptation: evidence from a 'toy model' of a virus
J.M. Vargas, C.R. Stephens, H. Waelbroeck, F. Zertuche (Mexico). ............................................................. 1-14
Cell motility as an entangled quantum coherence
K. Matsuno (Japan) ....................................................................................................................................... 15-19
Informational symmetry breaking between proteins and nucleic acids
K. Maekawa (Japan). .................................................................................................................................... 21-29
Resource partition history and evolutionary specialization of subunits in complex systems
H. Seligmann (Israel) ...................................... ................................................................................................ 31-39
Sources for structure formation and switches in metabolic pathways
C.T. Klein, B. Mayor (Austria). ...................................................................................................................... 41-52
Thermodynamics in the present progressive mode and its role in the context of the origin of
life
K. Matsuno, R. Swenson (Japan, USA) ......................................................................................................... 53-61
Announcement................................................................................................................................................ 63
Guide to Authors ............................................................................................................................................ 65
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BIOSYSTEMS
VOL. 51, NO. 2, AUGUST 1999
Finding paths in a labyrinth based on reaction-diffusion media
N.G. Rambidi, D. Yakovenchuck (Russia) .......................... 67-72
Localization effects of acetylcholine release from a synaptic vesicle at the neuromuscular
junction
T. Naka, N. Sakamoto (Japan) ................................ 73-78
Regulation of the Calvin cycle for CO2 fixation as an example for general control
mechanisms in metabolic cycles
L.E. Fridlyand, R. Scheibe (Belarus, Germany) ....................... 79-93
Specific amino acid content and codon usage account for the existence of overlapping
ORFS
Z. Boldogk5i, E. Barta (Hungary). 95-100
Organisms, organizations and interactions: an information theory approach to biocultural
evolution
R. Wallace, R.G. Wallace (USA) ............................... 101-119
Guide to Authors. ......................................... 121-122
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BIOSYSTEMS
VOL. 51, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER 1999
Synchronous and asynchronous updating in cellular automata
B. SchOnfisch, A. de Roos (Germany, The Netherlands) .................. 123-143
Embryonic electronics
D. Mange, M. Sipper, P. Marchal (Switzerland). ...................... 145-152
Evolution of consciousness
E. Taborsky (Canada) ...................................... 153-168
Kinetic analysis of enzyme reactions with slow-binding inhibition
C. Garrido-del Solo, F. Garcia-Canovas, B.H. Havsteen, R. Varon Castellanos
(Spain, Germany). ........................................ 169-180
Implications of relaxation dynamics in the synaptic control of olfactory cortex activity
T. Ballain, J.-L. Martiel, M. Cattarelli (France) ....................... 181-193
Author index. ............................................ 195
Subject index. ............................................ 197-199
Volume contents. .......................................... 201-202
Guide to Authors .......................................... 203-204
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