| Our project involves constructing, animating, and simulating molecular-level mechanisms of how cells grow and divide. |
At this point, we are developing two such models, which we call mechanical cells. |
Our first mechanical cell consists of five genes and five types of enzymes. |
| These are encapsulated by a spherical membrane composed of many copies of a phospholipid molecule, P. |
The cell grows on one raw material
called R. |
Two of the enzymes called E1 and E3 are membrane bound while three enzymes, E2, E4, and E5 are cytoplasmic. |
