Bifurcation of transition paths induced by coupled bistable systems

Chengzhe Tian; Namiko Mitarai

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Bifurcation of transition paths induced by coupled bistable systems

Chengzhe Tian, Namiko Mitarai

Biocomplexity

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Article number	215102
Journal	The Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume	144
Issue number	21
ISSN	0021-9606
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4953242
Publication status	Published - 7 Jun 2016

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