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Berg-Purcell limit: a standalone construct

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Systems biology

the physical lower bound on how precisely a cell can measure a chemical concentration, set by random arrival of molecules at its receptors.

In systems biology, Berg-Purcell limit refers to the physical lower bound on how precisely a cell can measure a chemical concentration, set by random arrival of molecules at its receptors. This meaning comes from Berg (1977) in Biophysical Journal.[1]

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References

Berg, H. C., & Purcell, E. M. (1977). Physics of chemoreception. Biophysical Journal, 20(2), 193-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0006-3495(77)85544-6

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