Noise propagation and signaling sensitivity in biological networks: a role for positive feedback.

Interactions between genes and proteins are crucial for efficient processing of internal or external signals, but this connectivity also amplifies stochastic fluctuations by propagating noise between components. Linear (unbranched) cascades were shown to exhibit an interplay between the sensitivity...

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Main Authors: Gil Hornung, Naama Barkai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2174979?pdf=render