title: Quantized cycling time in artificial gene networks induced by noise and intercell communication.
abstract: We propose a mechanism for the quantized cycling time based on the interplay of cell-to-cell communication and stochasticity, by investigating a model of coupled genetic oscillators with known topology. In addition, we discuss how inhomogeneity can be used to enhance such quantizing effects, while the degree of variability obtained can be controlled using the noise intensity or adequate system parameters.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physik, Potsdam Universität, Am Neuen Palais 10,D-14469 Potsdam, Germany.
authors.forename: Aneta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koseska
authors.forename: Evgenii
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Volkov
authors.forename: Alexei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaikin
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kurths