title: An ensemble method for identifying regulatory circuits with special reference to the qa gene cluster of Neurospora crassa.
abstract: A chemical reaction network for the regulation of the quinic acid (qa) gene cluster of Neurospora crassa is proposed. An efficient Monte Carlo method for walking through the parameter space of possible chemical reaction networks is developed to identify an ensemble of deterministic kinetics models with rate constants consistent with RNA and protein profiling data. This method was successful in identifying a model ensemble fitting available RNA profiling data on the qa gene cluster.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Physics and Astronomy and Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Battogtokh
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Asch
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Case
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: H-B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Schuttler
mesh_terms: D005800:Genes, Fungal; D005809:Genes, Regulator; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D005810:Multigene Family; D009492:Neurospora crassa / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011801:Quinic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011801:Quinic Acid