Seibutsu Butsuri
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Production, Amplification and Propagation of Noise in Cells
Tatsuo SHIBATA
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2006 Volume 46 Issue 4 Pages 194-200

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Stochasticity of chemical reaction is particularly prominent in small systems, such as cells. Recent experimental and theoretical studies reveal that stochastic cellular reactions generate fluctuations, which affect the behaviors of downstream reactions. Here, I show how large each reaction generate fluctuation, and how large the fluctuation is amplified in the downstream reaction. I discuss the possibility that such propagating fluctuations convey information about reaction networks.
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