Table of contents

Part I: Theoretical and Engineering Principles

1. An Introduction to Cellular Computing
Martyn Amos and Gerald Owenson

2. Proteins and Information Processing
Ray Paton, Michael Fisher, Grant Malcolm and Koichiro Matsuno

3. Enzyme Genetic Programming
Michael Lones and Andy Tyrell

4. Genetic Process Engineering
Ron Weiss, Thomas F. Knight Jr. and Gerald Sussman

5. The Device Science of Whole Cells as Components in Microscale and Nanoscale Systems
Michael L. Simpson, Gary S. Sayler, et al.

Part II: Laboratory Experiments

6. The Enterococcus faecilis Information Gate
Kenichi Wakabayashi and Masayuki Yamamura

7. Cellular Computation and Communication Using Engineered Genetic Regulatory Networks
Ron Weiss, Thomas F. Knight Jr. and Gerald Sussman

8. The Biology of Integration of Cells in Microscale and Nanoscale Systems
Michael L. Simpson, Timothy E. McKnight, et al.

Part III: Computation in Ciliates

9. Encrypted Genes and Their Assembly in Ciliates
David M. Prescott and Grzegorz Rozenberg

10. Biocomputation in Ciliates
Lila Kari and Laura F. Landweber