Influence of the feedback loops in the trp operon of B. subtilis on the system dynamic response and noise amplitude

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 310, Issue , 2012, Pages 119-131

  Zamora Chimal, Criseida ^a   Santillán, Moisés ^a,b   Rodríguez González, Jesús ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b McIntyre Medical Building   (Canada)

Author keywords

Homeostasis; Multiplicity of regulatory mechanisms; Regulatory feedback loop; Stochastic gene expression; Time delay differential equations

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN;

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE SYNTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRYPTOPHAN GENE; WILD TYPE;

ANTHRANILATE SYNTHASE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; OPERON; TIME FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84863825902     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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