Steady-state distributions of nascent RNA for general initiation mechanisms

被引:6
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作者
Szavits-Nossan, Juraj [1 ]
Grima, Ramon [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Edinburgh, Sch Biol Sci, Edinburgh EH9 3JH, Scotland
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH | 2023年 / 5卷 / 01期
关键词
TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; IN-VIVO; DYNAMICS; PROMOTER; TIME; TFIIA;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.013064
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Fluctuations in the number of nascent RNA accurately reflect transcriptional activity. However, mathematical models predicting their distributions are difficult to solve analytically due to their non-Markovian nature stemming from transcriptional elongation. Here we circumvent this problem by deriving an exact relationship between the steady-state distribution of nascent RNA and the distribution of initiation times, which can be computed for any general initiation mechanism described by a set of first-order reactions. We test our theory using simulations and live cell imaging data.
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