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<journal-id>0035-001X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de física]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. fis.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0035-001X</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Física]]></publisher-name>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La morfogénesis como resultado de la transmisión e integración de información biológica]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Martínez-Lomeli]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Padilla-Longoria]]></surname>
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<month>12</month>
<year>2011</year>
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<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2011</year>
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<volume>57</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<fpage>499</fpage>
<lpage>509</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0035-001X2011000600006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0035-001X2011000600006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0035-001X2011000600006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[En su artículo original de "La base química de la morfogénesis", A.M. Turing [1] propuso un mecanismo basado en el efecto combinado de difusión y reacción química de dos diferentes morfógenos, con el objeto de explicar la emergencia de patrones. En ese mismo trabajo el sugirió que este enfoque puede ser utilizado en redes de regulación genéticas. Sin embargo ésta aproximación ha sido criticada debido a que los así llamados morfógenos no ha sido difícil indentificarlos en distintos escenarios. En este artículo proponemos que el efecto de difusión y reacción química puede ser remplazado o complementado por mecanismos de comunicación intercelular. Conceptualmente esto es equivalente a decir que lo que se difunde efectivamente es información. En otras palabras, la información puede ser considerada como el morfógeno equivalente. Presentamos también un formalismo basado en el cálculo-&#928; estocástico que permite obtener patrones en un caso prototípico, llamado el activador-inhibidor.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[In his original paper on the chemical basis of morphogenesis, A.M. Turing [1] proposes a mechanism based on the combined effect of diffusion and two reacting morphogens to explain the emergence of patterns. In the same paper he suggests that this framework can be applied to the case of genetic regulatory networks. This approach has been criticized since the so called morphogenes have been difficult to identify in many cases. In this paper we propose that the effect of diffusion and chemical reactions can be either replaced or complemented by intercellular communication mechanisms. Conceptually this is equivalent to saying that what is effectively diffusing is information. In other words, that information can be treated as the actual morphogene. We present a formalism based on stochastic &#928;-calculus that enables us to obtain patterns in a prototypical case, namely, the activator-inhibitor system.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ecuaciones de reacción-difusión]]></kwd>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="4">Investigaci&oacute;n</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="4"><b>La morfog&eacute;nesis como resultado de la transmisi&oacute;n e integraci&oacute;n de informaci&oacute;n biol&oacute;gica</b></font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>L. de J. Mart&iacute;nez&#150;Lomeli y P. Padilla&#150;Longoria</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Recibido el 31 de agosto de 2010    <br> Aceptado el 4 de octubre de 2011</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Resumen</b></font></p>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">En su art&iacute;culo original de "La base qu&iacute;mica de la morfog&eacute;nesis", A.M. Turing &#91;1&#93; propuso un mecanismo basado en el efecto combinado de difusi&oacute;n y reacci&oacute;n qu&iacute;mica de dos diferentes morf&oacute;genos, con el objeto de explicar la emergencia de patrones. En ese mismo trabajo el sugiri&oacute; que este enfoque puede ser utilizado en redes de regulaci&oacute;n gen&eacute;ticas. Sin embargo &eacute;sta aproximaci&oacute;n ha sido criticada debido a que los as&iacute; llamados morf&oacute;genos no ha sido dif&iacute;cil indentificarlos en distintos escenarios. En este art&iacute;culo proponemos que el efecto de difusi&oacute;n y reacci&oacute;n qu&iacute;mica puede ser remplazado o complementado por mecanismos de comunicaci&oacute;n intercelular. Conceptualmente esto es equivalente a decir que lo que se difunde efectivamente es informaci&oacute;n. En otras palabras, la informaci&oacute;n puede ser considerada como el morf&oacute;geno equivalente. Presentamos tambi&eacute;n un formalismo basado en el c&aacute;lculo&#150;&#928; estoc&aacute;stico que permite obtener patrones en un caso protot&iacute;pico, llamado el activador&#150;inhibidor.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Descriptores: </b>Ecuaciones de reacci&oacute;n&#150;difusi&oacute;n; c&aacute;lculo&#150;&#928; estoc&aacute;stico; morfog&eacute;nesis; redes de regulaci&oacute;n gen&eacute;tica.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Abstract</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">In his original paper on the chemical basis of morphogenesis, A.M. Turing &#91;1&#93; proposes a mechanism based on the combined effect of diffusion and two reacting morphogens to explain the emergence of patterns. In the same paper he suggests that this framework can be applied to the case of genetic regulatory networks. This approach has been criticized since the so called morphogenes have been difficult to identify in many cases. In this paper we propose that the effect of diffusion and chemical reactions can be either replaced or complemented by intercellular communication mechanisms. Conceptually this is equivalent to saying that what is effectively diffusing is information. In other words, that information can be treated as the actual morphogene. We present a formalism based on stochastic &#928;&#150;calculus that enables us to obtain patterns in a prototypical case, namely, the activator&#150;inhibitor system.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Keywords: </b>Genetic regulatory networks; morphogenesis; reaction&#150;diffusion equations; stochastic&#150;&#928; calculus.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">PACS: 87.17.Aa; 87.18.La; 87.16.Yc; 87.17.&#150;d; 87.10.+e</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><a href="/pdf/rmf/v57n6/v57n6a6.pdf" target="_blank">DESCARGAR ART&Iacute;CULO EN FORMATO PDF</a></font></p>     ]]></body>
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