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¹Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Yoshida Hon-machi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. ohkubo@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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Counting statistics are applied to systems with infinite states, like genetic switches. An approximation shows these systems behave like two-state models, exhibiting non-Poisson statistics.

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Area of Science:

Statistical physics
Systems biology
Biophysics

Background:

Counting statistics are well-established for systems with a finite number of states.
Extending counting statistics to systems with infinite states presents challenges, often leading to non-closed equations.
Genetic switches are biological systems that can be modeled with master equations having infinite states.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the applicability of counting statistics to systems with an infinite number of states.
To analyze transitions between inactive and active states in a simple genetic switch using counting statistics.
To address the issue of non-closed equations encountered when applying counting statistics to infinite-state systems.

Main Methods:

Application of counting statistics to model transitions in an infinite-state system (genetic switch).
Employment of an effective interaction approximation to circumvent non-closed equations.
Reduction of the genetic switch problem to an approximate two-state model.

Main Results:

The study demonstrates a method to apply counting statistics to infinite-state systems.
The genetic switch switching behavior is successfully approximated by a two-state model.
The switching dynamics of the genetic switch are shown to follow non-Poisson statistics.

Conclusions:

Counting statistics can be effectively applied to infinite-state systems, such as genetic switches, using appropriate approximations.
The effective interaction approximation simplifies complex infinite-state dynamics into a tractable two-state model.
The non-Poisson nature of switching in genetic switches is quantitatively described by this approach.