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Interplay between intrinsic noise and the stochasticity of the cell cycle in bacterial colonies.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20513389     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Herein we report on the effects that different stochastic contributions induce in bacterial colonies in terms of protein concentration and production. In particular, we consider for what we believe to be the first time cell-to-cell diversity due to the unavoidable randomness of the cell-cycle duration and its interplay with other noise sources. To that end, we model a recent experimental setup that implements a protein dilution protocol by means of division events to characterize the gene regulatory function at the single cell level. This approach allows us to investigate the effect of different stochastic terms upon the total randomness experimentally reported for the gene regulatory function. In addition, we show that the interplay between intrinsic fluctuations and the stochasticity of the cell-cycle duration leads to different constructive roles. On the one hand, we show that there is an optimal value of protein concentration (alternatively an optimal value of the cell cycle phase) such that the noise in protein concentration attains a minimum. On the other hand, we reveal that there is an optimal value of the stochasticity of the cell cycle duration such that the coherence of the protein production with respect to the colony average production is maximized. The latter can be considered as a novel example of the recently reported phenomenon of diversity induced resonance.
Authors:
Oriol Canela-Xandri; Francesc Sagués; Javier Buceta
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biophysical journal     Volume:  98     ISSN:  1542-0086     ISO Abbreviation:  Biophys. J.     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-06-01     Completed Date:  2010-09-02     Revised Date:  2011-07-28    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370626     Medline TA:  Biophys J     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2459-68     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright (c) 2010 Biophysical Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Computer Simulation and Modeling Laboratory, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Algorithms
Bacteria / cytology*
Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
Cell Cycle
Cell Division
Gene Expression Regulation
Models, Biological*
Protein Biosynthesis
Stochastic Processes
Time Factors
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Bacterial Proteins
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