Systems biology of cellular rhythms

Goldbeter, Albert;Gérard, Claude;Gonze, Didier;Leloup, Jean-Christophe;Dupont, Geneviève
(2012) FEBS Letters — Vol. 586, p. 2955-2965 (2012)

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  • Goldbeter, AlbertUniversité libre de Bruxelles (Unit of Theoretical Biology)
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  • Gérard, ClaudeUniversité libre de Bruxelles (Unit of Theoretical Biology)
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  • Gonze, DidierUniversité libre de Bruxelles (Unit of Theoretical Biology)
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  • Leloup, Jean-ChristopheUniversité libre de Bruxelles (Unit of Theoretical Biology)
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  • Dupont, GenevièveUniversité libre de Bruxelles (Unit of Theoretical Biology)
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Abstract
Rhythms abound in biological systems, particularly at the cellular level where they originate from the feedback loops present in regulatory networks. Cellular rhythms can be investigated both by experimental and modeling approaches, and thus represent a prototypic field of research for systems biology. They have also become a major topic in synthetic biology. We review advances in the study of cellular rhythms of biochemical rather than electrical origin by considering a variety of oscillatory processes such as Ca++ oscillations, circadian rhythms, the segmentation clock, oscillations in p53 and NF-κB, synthetic oscillators, and the oscillatory dynamics of cyclin-dependent kinases driving the cell cycle. Finally we discuss the coupling between cellular rhythms and their robustness with respect to molecular noise.
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  • Université libre de Bruxelles(Unit of Theoretical Biology)

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Goldbeter, A., Gérard, C., Gonze, D., Leloup, J.-C., & Dupont, G. (2012). Systems biology of cellular rhythms. FEBS Letters, 586, 2955-2965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2012.07.041 (Original work published 2012)