Synchronization by irregular inactivation

被引:12
作者
Closson, TLL [1 ]
Roussel, MR [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Lethbridge, Dept Biochem & Chem, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.3974
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Many natural and technological systems have on/off switches. For instance, mitosis can be halted by biochemical switches which act through the phosphorylation state of a complex called mitosis promoting factor. If switching between the on and off states is periodic, chaos is observed over a substantial portion of the on/off time parameter plane. However, we have discovered that the chaotic state is fragile with respect to random fluctuations in the on time. Ln the presence of such fluctuations, two uncoupled copies of the system (e.g., two cells) controlled by the same switch rapidly synchronize.
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页码:3974 / 3977
页数:4
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