Oscillations and temporal signalling in cells

Details Oscillations and temporal signalling in cells Oscillations and temporal signalling in cells

2007-03-22

arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0703047v1

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Molecular Networks

Scientific paper

10.1088/1478-3975/4/2/R01

The development of new techniques to quantitatively measure gene expression in cells has shed light on a number of systems that display oscillations in protein concentration. Here we review the different mechanisms which can produce oscillations in gene expression or protein concentration, using a framework of simple mathematical models. We focus on three eukaryotic genetic regulatory networks which show "ultradian" oscillations, with time period of the order of hours, and involve, respectively, proteins important for development (Hes1), apoptosis (p53) and immune response (NFkB). We argue that underlying all three is a common design consisting of a negative feedback loop with time delay which is responsible for the oscillatory behaviour.

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