Delay Device

Figure 1: Negative Feedforward model

Figure 2: Riboregulator model

Mathematical Modeling

The Negative Feedforward model shown above can be expressed with the following set of ODEs (ordinary differential equations):

The Riboregulator model shown above can be expressed with the following set of ODEs:

The symbols in this system of equations are found in the table below:

We would like to give credit to the Bologna '08 team and UNIPV-Pavia '08 team, who's project was useful in determining our own equations.

Conjugation

[http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118837812/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 A model for bacterial conjugal gene transfer on solid surfaces] and [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T2K-4PT7X7G-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=fcacb99317376ced3df42e7e8178fc78 Rule-based modelling of conjugative plasmid transfer and incompatibility]