Diffusion Theory for the Infection Pathway of Virus in a Living Cell
Yuichi Itto*
Science Division, Center for General Education, Aichi Institute of Technology, Aichi 470-0392, Japan
Abstract
Background:
The infection pathway of virus in living cell is of interest from the viewpoint of the physics of diffusion.
Objective:
Here, recent developments about a diffusion theory for the infection pathway of an adeno-associated virus in cytoplasm of a living HeLa cell are reported.
Theories and Results:
Generalizing fractional kinetics successfully modeling anomalous diffusion, a theory for describing the infection pathway of the virus over the cytoplasm is presented. The statistical property of the fluctuations of the anomalous-diffusion exponent is also discussed based on a maximum-entropy-principle approach. In addition, an issue regarding the continuum limit of the entropy introduced in the approach is carefully examined. The theory is found to imply that the motion of the virus may obey a scaling law.
Keywords: Infection pathway of virus in living cell, Anomalous diffusion, Fractional kinetics, Exponent fluctuations, Time-scale separation, Maximum entropy principle, Scaling law.
Article Information
Article History:
Received Date: 10/5/2017
Revision Received Date: 27/10/2017
Acceptance Date: 13/1/2018
Electronic publication date: 28/02/2018
Collection year: 2018
© 2018 Yuichi Itto.
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* Address correspondence to this author at the Science Division, Center for General Education, Aichi Institute of Technology, Aichi 470-0392, Japan, Tel: +81+565-48-8121, Fax: +81+565-48-0277; E-mail: itto@aitech.ac.jp
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