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ArticlePLoS computational biology2022

Controlling gene expression timing through gene regulatory architecture.

Md Zulfikar Ali, Robert C Brewster

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Article in PLoS computational biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Md Zulfikar AliDepartment of Systems Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-7054-0059
Robert C BrewsterDepartment of Systems Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-7656-4086
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

Uncovering the fundamental principles of transcriptional regulationR35GM128797 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI BREWSTER, ROBERT CHARLES · 2018 to 2022
$2.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM128797
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene networks typically involve the regulatory control of multiple genes with related function. This connectivity enables correlated control of the levels and timing of gene expression. Here we study how gene expression timing in the single-input module motif can be encoded in the regulatory DNA of a gene. Using stochastic simulations, we examine the role of binding affinity, TF regulatory function and network size in controlling the mean first-passage time to reach a fixed fraction of steady-state expression for both an auto-regulated TF gene and a target gene. We also examine how the variability in first-passage time depends on these factors. We find that both network size and binding affinity can dramatically speed up or slow down the response time of network genes, in some cases predicting more than a 100-fold change compared to that for a constitutive gene. Furthermore, these factors can also significantly impact the fidelity of this response. Importantly, these effects do not occur at "extremes" of network size or binding affinity, but rather in an intermediate window of either quantity.

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Models, GeneticComputer SimulationGene Expression RegulationGene Regulatory NetworksGenes, RegulatorProtein BindingTranscription FactorsTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID35041641
PMCPMC8797265
OpenAlexW4225996430

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