Virus particles constitute a minimal set of components, primarily those required to deliver the genome to the target cell and initiate replication.
By reconstituting their dynamics using a minimal set of components, I could show that FtsZ and FtsA to self-organize into complex dynamic patterns, such as fast-moving filament bundles and chirally rotating rings.
An elementary signaling mode is a minimal set of components that are able to trigger a certain signaling response autonomously.
An elementary signaling mode (ESM) is defined as a minimal set of components that can perform signal transduction from initial signals to cellular responses.
Given that RBCs are competent (1) to entrain to temperature cycles and (2) to maintain a circadian rhythm, with such a minimal set of components we can assume that all the elements of a nontranscriptional clock are contained within.
In vitro biosynthetic studies demonstrated that FeMo-co assembly and activation of apo-nitrogenase could be accomplished with a minimal set of components including NifB, SAM, Fe2+, S2–, molybdate, homocitrate, NifEN, and NifH.
