Biology – Quantitative Biology – Molecular Networks
Scientific paper
2010-12-17
Biology
Quantitative Biology
Molecular Networks
24 pages, 8 figures
Scientific paper
We study the spatio-temporal dynamics of the generalized repressilator, a system of coupled repressing genes arranged in a directed ring topology, and give analytical conditions for the emergence of a cascade of unstable periodic orbits (UPOs) that lead to reachable long-lived oscillating transients. Such transients dominate the finite time horizon dynamics that is relevant in confined, noisy environments such as bacterial cells (see our previous work [Strelkowa and Barahona, 2010]) and are therefore of interest for bioengineering and synthetic biology. We show that the family of unstable orbits possesses spatial symmetries and can also be understood in terms of traveling wave solutions of kink-like topological defects. The long-lived oscillatory transients correspond to the propagation of quasistable two-kink configurations that unravel over a long time. We also assess the similarities between the generalized repressilator model and other unidirectionally coupled electronic systems, such as magnetic flux gates, which have been implemented experimentally.
Barahona Mauricio
Strelkowa Natalja
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