Self consistent proteomic field theory of stochastic gene switches

Details Self consistent proteomic field theory of stochastic gene switches Self consistent proteomic field theory of stochastic gene switches

2004-07-30

arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0407041v1

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Molecular Networks

29 pages, 40 figures

Scientific paper

10.1529/biophysj.104.050666

We present a self-consistent field approximation to the problem of the genetic switch composed of two mutually repressing/activating genes. The protein and DNA state dynamics are treated stochastically and on equal footing. In this approach the mean influence of the proteomic cloud created by one gene on the action of another is self-consistently computed. Within this approximation a broad range of stochastic genetic switches may be solved exactly in terms of finding the probability distribution and its moments. A much larger class of problems, such as genetic networks and cascades also remain exactly solvable with this approximation. We discuss in depth certain specific types of basic switches, which are used by biological systems and compare their behavior to the expectation for a deterministic switch.

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