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1.1 The Cell is a Complex Dynamical System |
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1.2 Cell Cycle: A System Biology Perspective |
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1.4 Cell Cycle Response to Stresses |
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2 A Biological Overview of the Cell Cycle and its Response to Osmotic Stress and the α-Factor |
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2.1 Cell Cycle in Eukaryotes |
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2.1.3 Mitosis and Cytokinesis |
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2.1.5 Principles of the Cell Cycle Oscillation |
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2.2 The Cell Cycle of S. Cerevisiae |
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2.2.1 Principles of the Budding Yeast Cell Division |
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2.2.2 The Molecular Mechanisms of the G1-to-S Transition |
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2.2.3 The Molecular Mechanism of DNA Replication |
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2.2.4 The Molecular Mechanism of the G2-to-M Transition |
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2.2.5 The Molecular Mechanism of the M-to-G1 Transition |
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2.3 Osmotic Stress Response |
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2.4 Interaction Between the Cell Cycle Network and the Osmotic Stress Pathway |
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2.4.1 Osmotic Stress Blocks the G1-to-S Transition |
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2.4.2 Osmotic Stress Blocks the G2-to-M Transition |
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2.5 Mating-Pheromone Response |
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2.5.1 Pheromone Arrests the Cell Before START |
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3 ODE Model of the Cell Cycle Response to Osmotic Stress |
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3.2 Modelling Procedure and Assumptions |
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3.2.1 Steps to Construct the Model |
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3.2.2 Hypothesised Mechanisms in the Model |
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3.2.3 Mathematical Definition of the Cell Cycle Phases |
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3.3.1 The Morphogenesis Checkpoint |
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3.3.3 Regulation of Hsl 1-Hs17 Complex in the Presence of Osmotic Stress |
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3.3.5 Regulation of Cdc28-Clb2 in the Presence of Osmotic Stress |
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3.3.7 Influence of Hog1PP on the Cyclins Transcription |
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3.3.8 Regulation of Sic1 Under Osmotic Stress |
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3.5.1 Osmotic Stress Delays the G1-to-S and G2-to-M Transitions |
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3.5.2 Osmotic Stress Causes Accelerated Exit from Mitosis |
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3.5.3 Delays in the G1-to-S and G2-to-M Transitions are Dose Dependent, Whereas Acceleration of the M-to-G1 Transition is Dose Independent |
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3.5.4 Osmotic Stress at Late's or Early G2/M Phase Causes DNA Re-Replication |
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3.5.5 Stabilisation of Sic1 by Hog1PP Drives the Mitotic Exit in MEN Mutant Cells |
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3.6 Sensitivity Analysis of the Model |
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3.7 Model Validation in Laboratory |
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3.8.1 The Predictions of the Model are Supported by Various Biological Observations |
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3.8.2 The Model Revealed Mechanisms for the Response of the Cell to Osmotic Stress |
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3.8.3 The Relevance of the Model Predictions for Other Eukaryotes |
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4 Boolean Model of the Cell Cycle Response to Stress |
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4.2 A Discrete Dynamical Model |
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4.3 State Transition Space of the Cell Cycle |
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4.3.1 Deriving the State Transition Matrix |
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4.3.2 Dynamical Properties of the Cell Cycle State Transition Matrix |
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4.3.3 Basin of Attraction |
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4.4.1 Cell Cycle State Transition |
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4.4.2 Osmotic Stress Drives the Cell into One of the Four Fixed Points |
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4.4.3 Biological Relevance of the Size of Basins |
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4.4.4 Influence of the α-Factor Synchronisation on the Cell Cycle Dynamics |
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4.4.5 Osmotic Stress Can Retrieve Some Frozen States to the Cell Cycle Trajectory |
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Appendix A List of Equations, Parameters and Initial Conditions |
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Appendix B Effect of Methods of Update on Existence of Fixed Points |
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