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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 104, 期 18, 页码 7402-7407出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0610468104
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intrinsic noise; phase diagram; synthetic biology; oscillations
For cellular biochemical reaction systems where the numbers of molecules is small, significant noise is associated with chemical reaction events. This molecular noise can give rise to behavior that is very different from the predictions of deterministic rate equation models. Unfortunately, there are few analytic methods for examining the qualitative behavior of stochastic systems. Here we describe such a method that extends deterministic analysis to include leading-order corrections due to the molecular noise. The method allows the steady-state behavior of the stochastic model to be easily computed, facilitates the mapping of stability phase diagrams that include stochastic effects, and reveals how model parameters affect noise susceptibility in a manner not-accessible to numerical simulation. By way of illustration we consider two genetic circuits: a bistable positive-feed back loop and a negativefeedback oscillator. We find in the positive feedback circuit that translational activation leads to a far more stable system than transcriptional control. Conversely, in a negative-f eed back loop triggered by a positive-feed back switch, the stochasticity of transcriptional control is harnessed to generate reproducible oscillations.
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