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ArticleScientific reports2014

Design principles of stripe-forming motifs: the role of positive feedback.

Andreea Munteanu, James Cotterell, Ricard V Solé, James Sharpe

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Article in Scientific reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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  12. Dynamics of gene circuits shapes evolvability.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015
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4 authors.

Andreea Munteanu1] EMBL/CRG Systems Biology Research Unit, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain [2] Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
James Cotterell1] EMBL/CRG Systems Biology Research Unit, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain [2] Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
Ricard V Solé1] Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain [2] Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA [3] Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats (ICREA), Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain.
James Sharpe1] EMBL/CRG Systems Biology Research Unit, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain [2] Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain [3] Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats (ICREA), Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interpreting a morphogen gradient into a single stripe of gene-expression is a fundamental unit of patterning in early embryogenesis. From both experimental data and computational studies the feed-forward motifs stand out as minimal networks capable of this patterning function. Positive feedback within gene networks has been hypothesised to enhance the sharpness and precision of gene-expression borders, however a systematic analysis has not yet been reported. Here we set out to assess this hypothesis, and find an unexpected result. The addition of positive-feedback can have different effects on two different designs of feed-forward motif- it increases the parametric robustness of one design, while being neutral or detrimental to the other. These results shed light on the abundance of the former motif and especially of mutual-inhibition positive feedback in developmental networks.

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Embryonic DevelopmentFeedback, PhysiologicalGene ExpressionGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Regulatory Networks

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PMID24830352
PMCPMC4023129

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