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ArticleInterface focus2025

Genetic network structure and dynamics: identifying simple negative feedback loops.

Theodore J Perkins, Roderick Edwards, Leon Glass

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Article in Interface focus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Theodore J PerkinsOttawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6622-8003
Roderick EdwardsMathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8239-5987
Leon GlassDepartment of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9536-1463

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A broad array of experimental techniques have been used to determine the interactions between genes that regulate key cellular processes such as differentiation, metabolism and the cell cycle. The experimental studies are often complemented by development of models of varying degrees of complexity. We consider the 'inverse problem': to determine the underlying interactions based solely on the observed dynamics. In earlier work, we considered a specific class of ordinary differential equations that are continuous analogues of a Boolean switching network. We developed techniques to analyse and classify the dynamics based on their logical structure. We also developed techniques to solve the inverse problem. In the current work, we extend these earlier methods to analyse a model equation for a genetic network proposed by Cummins and colleagues. For a

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Boolean switching networksgenetic networksinverse problemnonlinear dynamics

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PMID40862238
PMCPMC12371344

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