Minorities and Small Numbers from Molecules to Organisms in Biology: Toward a New Understanding of Biological Phenomena

Front Matter ....Pages i-xii
 A Look at Functions That Emerge from Small Numbers  (Takeharu Nagai)....Pages 1-6
 Neuronal Synaptic Connections Organized by Small Numbers of Molecules  (Hideji Murakoshi)....Pages 7-13
 Invasions of Small Numbers: How Many Virus Particles Does It Take to Infect Someone with the Flu?  (Yusuke Ohba)....Pages 15-20
 Rebellion by the Minority: Prophecies by Molecules on Paper and Computers  (Yuichi Togashi)....Pages 21-29
 The Personality of Small Numbers: Do Molecules Have Personality?  (Tamiki Komatsuzaki)....Pages 31-37
 Distinguishing and Searching for Minority Cells: Small in Number, But Large in Effect  (Katsuyuki Shiroguchi)....Pages 39-44
 Digital Bioanalysis  (Hiroyuki Noji)....Pages 45-51
 How Small Numbers of Long Genomic DNA Are Stored in Cells  (Kazuhiro Maeshima)....Pages 53-58
 Formation by Small Numbers: Minority Biological Scenarios in Correlations Among the Structure, Dynamics, and Function of Nuclear Chromosomes  (Akinori Awazu)....Pages 59-68
 Dividing Small Numbers: The Discreteness and Distribution of Molecules in the Cell Membrane  (Hiroaki Suzuki)....Pages 69-78
 Getting to Know the Functions of Small Numbers  (Motoshi Kaya)....Pages 79-85
 Working in Small Numbers: The Behaviors That Emerge When Small Numbers of Bionanomachines Team Up  (Junichiro Yajima)....Pages 87-91
 Thinking Small Numbers: When, Where, and How Many Molecules There Are in the Cell  (Yuichi Taniguchi)....Pages 93-98
 Determining Small Numbers: How the Number of Flagella Is Determined  (Seiji Kojima)....Pages 99-105
 Controlling Production with Small Numbers: Precision Apparatuses Made of Proteins at Work in Bacteria  (Katsumi Imada)....Pages 107-114
 Organisms that Function with Small Numbers of Molecules  (Hajime Fukuoka, Yong-Suk Che, Akihiko Ishijima)....Pages 115-125
 How Low Can You Go? The Numbers of Cells That Make Up Bodies: Large Numbers and Small Numbers  (Kazuki Horikawa)....Pages 127-133
 The Flow of Time Inside the Cell: The Time of Days Given by Molecules Driving the Circadian Clocks  (Koji L. Ode, Hiroki R. Ueda)....Pages 135-143
Back Matter ....Pages 145-150