An uncertainty quantification approach to the study of gene expression robustness
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Author(s)
Degond, Pierre
Jin, Shi
Zhu, Yuhua
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We study a chemical kinetic system with uncertainty modeling a gene regulatory network in biology. Specifically, we consider a system of two equations for the messenger RNA and micro RNA content of a cell. Our target is to provide a simple framework for noise buffering in gene expression through micro RNA production. Here the uncertainty, modeled by random variables, enters the system through the initial data and the source term. We obtain a sharp decay rate of the solution to the steady state, which reveals that the biology system is not sensitive to the initial perturbation around the steady state. The sharp regularity estimate leads to the stability of the generalized Polynomial Chaos stochastic Galerkin (gPC‑SG) method. Based on the smoothness of the solution in the random space and the stability of the numerical method, we conclude the gPC‑SG method has spectral accuracy. Numerical experiments are conducted to verify the theoretical findings.
Date Issued
2022-06-10
Date Acceptance
2020-06-11
Citation
Methods and Applications of Analysis, 2022, 28 (2), pp.195-220
ISSN
1073-2772
Publisher
International Press
Start Page
195
End Page
220
Journal / Book Title
Methods and Applications of Analysis
Volume
28
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2021 International Press.
Sponsor
The Royal Society
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Grant Number
WM130048
EP/M006883/1
EP/N014529/1
Subjects
0101 Pure Mathematics
0102 Applied Mathematics
0105 Mathematical Physics
Publication Status
Published