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Design principles of biochemical oscillators
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Cellular rhythms are generated by complex interactions among genes, proteins and metabolites. They are used to control every aspect of cell physiology, from signalling, motility and development to growth, division and death. We consider specific examples of oscillatory processes and discuss four general requirements for biochemical oscillations: negative feedback, time delay, sufficient 'nonlinearity' of the reaction kinetics and proper balancing of the timescales of opposing chemical reactions. Positive feedback is one mechanism to delay the negative-feedback signal. Biological oscillators can be classified according to the topology of the positive- and negative-feedback loops in the underlying regulatory mechanism.
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- Authors
- Novák, B., & Tyson, J. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Virginia Tech (US)
- Corresponding author
- Novák, Béla
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
- Published
- 2008-10-30
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 981-991
- ISSN
- 1471-0072 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-0080
- PMC
- PMC2796343
- OpenAlex
- W2030945597
- Cited by
- 1,137
- References
- 72
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- FWCI
- 3.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r01gm078989-13)
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01-GM078989, R01GM079207)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
- Keywords
- biochemical oscillators, cellular rhythms, negative feedback, time delay, positive feedback, gene regulatory networks, oscillations
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Biological Clocks, Circadian Rhythm, Kinetics, Models, Biological, Signal Transduction, Feedback, Physiological
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