The transition between stochastic and deterministic behavior in an excitable gene circuit
Molecular Networks
2012-04-26 v2 Biological Physics
Abstract
We explore the connection between a stochastic simulation model and an ordinary differential equations (ODEs) model of the dynamics of an excitable gene circuit that exhibits noise-induced oscillations. Near a bifurcation point in the ODE model, the stochastic simulation model yields behavior dramatically different from that predicted by the ODE model. We analyze how that behavior depends on the gene copy number and find very slow convergence to the large number limit near the bifurcation point. The implications for understanding the dynamics of gene circuits and other birth-death dynamical systems with small numbers of constituents are discussed.
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@article{arxiv.1105.4599,
title = {The transition between stochastic and deterministic behavior in an excitable gene circuit},
author = {Robert C. Hilborn and Benjamin Brookshire and Jenna Mattingly and Anusha Purushotham and Anuraag Sharma},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.4599},
year = {2012}
}
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PLoS ONE: Research Article, published 11 Apr 2012