Team:KULeuven/Model/Output

Position in the system
The output system is one of three modules directly linked to the input. The output system is a simple gene regulation, of which transcription is repressed by TetR - and can be activated by anhydrotetracyclin. The output signal is GFP (green fluorescent protein).

In the applied project of dealing with Crohn's disease this would be replaced by the drug necessary to cure the local inflammation. The drug concentration would be proportional to the amount of local inflammation sensed.

Describing the system
see also: Project:Output



ODE's
  

Simulations
Several simulations were conducted. The following two show the transient respons and eventual saturation of the output system to a low (left figure) and a high (right figure) input signal (TetR = 5E-5 vs 0.0125 s-1). There is a great distinction in the number of GFP molecules between the two input signals. All graphs have amounts (number of molecules in the cell) plotted vs time, measured in seconds.

 

The next figure shows the switching behaviour of the output system to an light signal turning on and off: