Title
Discrete Nondeterministic Modeling Of The Fas Pathway
Abstract
Computer modeling of molecular signalling cascades can provide useful insight into the underlying complexities of biological systems. We present a refined approach for the discrete modeling of protein interaction within the environment of a single cell. The technique we offer utilizes the Membrane Systems paradigm which, due to its hierarchical structure, lends itself readily to mimic the behavior of cells. Since our approach terministic ordinary differential equations techniques. We argue that our approach may outperform ordinary differential equations when modeling systems with relatively low numbers of molecules - a frequent occurrence in cellular signaling cascades.Refinements over our previous modeling efforts include the addition of nondeterminism for handling reaction competition over limited reactants, increased efficiency in the storing and storing of reaction waiting times, and modifications of the model reactions. Results of our discrete simulation of the type I and type II Fas-mediated apoptotic signaling cascade are illustrated and compared with two approaches: one based on ordinary differential equations and another based on the well-known Gillespie algorithm.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1142/S0129054108006194
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOUNDATIONS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Keywords
Field
DocType
Signal transduction pathway, simulation of pathways, Membrane Systems, ODE, discrete simulation, nondeterministic stimulation
Discrete mathematics,Combinatorics,Protein–protein interaction,Ordinary differential equation,Nondeterministic algorithm,Computer science,Discrete Modeling,Sorting,Ode,Discrete event simulation
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
19
5
0129-0541
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.47
1
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
John Jack1213.77
Alfonso Rodríguez-Patón243551.44
Oscar H. Ibarra311612.17
Andrei Paun474374.92