Binary Expression Enhances Reliability of Messaging in Gene Networks

The promoter state of a gene and its expression levels are modulated by the amounts of transcription factors interacting with its regulatory regions. Hence, one may interpret a gene network as a communicating system in which the state of the promoter of a gene (the <i>source</i>) is comm...

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Published in:	Entropy
Main Authors:	Leonardo R. Gama, Guilherme Giovanini, Gábor Balázsi, Alexandre F. Ramos
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Subjects:	noise in gene networks binary gene regulation bursty gene expression Shannon theory stochastic modeling
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/22/4/479