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A Model for the Dynamics of Gene Networks

Molecular Networks 2013-05-21 v2 Subcellular Processes

Abstract

In this work we propose a model for gene expression based on the theory of random dynamical systems (RDS) and show that it has a "modularity property" in the following sense: given any collection of genes that are linked in a transcriptional network, if each of them is individually described by a certain class of RDS then there is a natural, and essentially unique, prescription for coupling them together, respecting the network topology, in such a way that the collective system formed by all genes is a RDS as well. Moreover, the class of RDS used to describe the individual genes is flexible enough to account for a wide range of stochastic behaviors within the realm of stationary processes.

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@article{arxiv.1305.2980,
  title  = {A Model for the Dynamics of Gene Networks},
  author = {Fernando Antoneli and Renata C. Ferreira and Francisco Bosco and Marcelo R. S. Briones},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.2980},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

18 pages, 2 figures. Withdrawn for review and rewriting