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Positive feedback in eukaryotic gene networks: cell differentiation by graded to binary response conversion

Becskei, A. and Séraphin, B. and Serrano, L.. (2001) Positive feedback in eukaryotic gene networks: cell differentiation by graded to binary response conversion. The EMBO Journal, 20 (10). pp. 2528-2535.

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Abstract

Feedback is a ubiquitous control mechanism of gene networks. Here, we have used positive feedback to construct a synthetic eukaryotic gene switch in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Within this system, a continuous gradient of constitutively expressed transcriptional activator is translated into a cell phenotype switch when the activator is expressed autocatalytically. This finding is consistent with a mathematical model whose analysis shows that continuous input parameters are converted into a bimodal probability distribution by positive feedback, and that this resembles analog-digital conversion. The autocatalytic switch is a robust property in eukaryotic gene expression. Although the behavior of individual cells within a population is random, the proportion of the cell population displaying either low or high expression states can be regulated. These results have implications for understanding the graded and probabilistic mechanisms of enhancer action and cell differentiation.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science
05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum
05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Computational & Systems Biology > Synthetic Microbiology (Becskei)
UniBasel Contributors:Becskei, Attila
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Nature Publishing Group
ISSN:0261-4189
e-ISSN:1460-2075
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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