Bifurcation of transition paths induced by coupled bistable systems.

نویسندگان

  • Chengzhe Tian
  • Namiko Mitarai
چکیده

We discuss the transition paths in a coupled bistable system consisting of interacting multiple identical bistable motifs. We propose a simple model of coupled bistable gene circuits as an example and show that its transition paths are bifurcating. We then derive a criterion to predict the bifurcation of transition paths in a generalized coupled bistable system. We confirm the validity of the theory for the example system by numerical simulation. We also demonstrate in the example system that, if the steady states of individual gene circuits are not changed by the coupling, the bifurcation pattern is not dependent on the number of gene circuits. We further show that the transition rate exponentially decreases with the number of gene circuits when the transition path does not bifurcate, while a bifurcation facilitates the transition by lowering the quasi-potential energy barrier.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of chemical physics

دوره 144 21  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016