Modeling Stochasticity and Variability in Gene Regulatory Networks

Details Modeling Stochasticity and Variability in Gene Regulatory Networks Modeling Stochasticity and Variability in Gene Regulatory Networks

2012-01-26

arxiv.org/abs/1201.5578v3

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Molecular Networks

23 pages, 8 figures

Scientific paper

Modeling stochasticity in gene regulatory networks is an important and complex problem in molecular systems biology. To elucidate intrinsic noise, several modeling strategies such as the Gillespie algorithm have been used successfully. This paper contributes an approach as an alternative to these classical settings. Within the discrete paradigm, where genes, proteins, and other molecular components of gene regulatory networks are modeled as discrete variables and are assigned as logical rules describing their regulation through interactions with other components. Stochasticity is modeled at the biological function level under the assumption that even if the expression levels of the input nodes of an update rule guarantee activation or degradation there is a probability that the process will not occur due to stochastic effects. This approach allows a finer analysis of discrete models and provides a natural setup for cell population simulations to study cell-to-cell variability. We applied our methods to two of the most studied regulatory networks, the outcome of lambda phage infection of bacteria and the p53-mdm2 complex.

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