Protein Synthesis Driven by Dynamical Stochastic Transcription

Bull Math Biol. 2016 Jan;78(1):110-31. doi: 10.1007/s11538-015-0131-3. Epub 2015 Dec 15.

Abstract

In this manuscript, we propose a mathematical framework to couple transcription and translation in which mRNA production is described by a set of master equations, while the dynamics of protein density is governed by a random differential equation. The coupling between the two processes is given by a stochastic perturbation whose statistics satisfies the master equations. In this approach, from the knowledge of the analytical time-dependent distribution of mRNA number, we are able to calculate the dynamics of the probability density of the protein population.

Keywords: Dynamics; Exact solutions; Gene expression; Stochasticity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Gene Expression
  • Mathematical Concepts
  • Models, Genetic
  • Probability
  • Protein Biosynthesis / genetics*
  • RNA, Messenger / biosynthesis
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Transcription, Genetic*

Substances

  • RNA, Messenger