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December  2011, 4(6): 1443-1456. doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2011.4.1443

Boolean models of bistable biological systems

Franziska Hinkelmann 1, and  Reinhard Laubenbacher 2,

1. 

Interdisciplinary Center for Applied Mathematics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0531, United States
2. 

Department of Mathematics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0123

Received  March 2009 Revised  September 2009 Published  December 2010

This paper presents an algorithm for approximating certain types of dynamical systems given by a system of ordinary delay differential equations by a Boolean network model. Often Boolean models are much simpler to understand than complex differential equations models. The motivation for this work comes from mathematical systems biology. While Boolean mechanisms do not provide information about exact concentration rates or time scales, they are often sufficient to capture steady states and other key dynamics. Due to their intuitive nature, such models are very appealing to researchers in the life sciences. This paper is focused on dynamical systems that exhibit bistability and are described by delay equations. It is shown that if a certain motif including a feedback loop is present in the wiring diagram of the system, the Boolean model captures the bistability of molecular switches. The method is applied to two examples from biology, the lac operon and the phage $\lambda$ lysis/lysogeny switch.
Keywords: Boolean Models, Bistability, Discrete Models, Delay Differential Equations, Gene Regulatory Network..
Mathematics Subject Classification: 92-08, 37N2.
Citation: Franziska Hinkelmann, Reinhard Laubenbacher. Boolean models of bistable biological systems. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - S, 2011, 4 (6) : 1443-1456. doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2011.4.1443
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R. Laubenbacher and A. Jarrah, Dvd - discrete visualizer of dynamics.,  , ().   Google Scholar

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L. Mendoza and I. Xenarios, A method for the generation of standardized qualitative dynamical systems of regulatory networks,, Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling, 3 (2006).  doi: 10.1186/1742-4682-3-13.  Google Scholar

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M. Ptashne, "A Genetic Switch Phage Lambda Revisited,", 3rd ed., (2004).   Google Scholar

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M. Santillán and M. C. Mackey, Why the lysogenic state of phage lambda is so stable: A mathematical modeling approach,, Biophys. J., 86 (2004), 75.  doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74085-0.  Google Scholar

[15]

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[16]

P. Wong, S. Gladney and J. D. Keasling, Mathematical model of the lac operon: Inducer exclusion, catabolite repression, and diauxic growth on glucose and lactose,, Biotechnology progress, 13 (1997), 132.  doi: 10.1021/bp970003o.  Google Scholar

[17]

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