ArticleCurrent biology : CB2013
The biochemistry of memory.
Article in Current biology : CB, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Exploring the concept of bacterial memory.Nature microbiology · 2025Review
- Novel prokaryotic system employing previously unknown nucleic acids-based receptors.Microbial cell factories · 2022Article
- Biomolecular Basis of Cellular Consciousness via Subcellular Nanobrains.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Evidence of conditioned behavior in amoebae.Nature communications · 2019Article
- (Actino)Bacterial "intelligence": using comparative genomics to unravel the information processing capacities of microbes.Current genetics · 2016Review
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- Elements of the cellular metabolic structure.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2015Article
- The roles of protein expression in synaptic plasticity and memory consolidation.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2014Review
- A biological perspective on memory.Current biology : CB · 2013Article
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Abstract
Almost fifty years ago, Julius Adler initiated a program of research to gain insights into the basic biochemistry of intelligent behavior by studying the molecular mechanisms that underlie the chemotactic responses of Escherichia coli. All living organisms share elements of a common biochemistry for metabolism, growth and heredity - why not intelligence? Neurobiologists have demonstrated that this is the case for nervous systems in animals ranging from worms to man. Motile unicellular organisms such as E. coli exhibit rudimentary behaviors that can be loosely described in terms of cognitive phenomena such as memory and learning. Adler's initiative at least raised the prospect that, because of the numerous experimental advantages provided by E. coli, it would be the first organism whose behavior could be understood at molecular resolution.
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