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A class of models based on the Jacob and Monod theory of genetic repression for control of biosynthetic pathways in cells is considered. Both spatial diffusion and time delays are taken into account. A method is developed for representing the effects of spatial diffusion as distributed delay terms. This method is applied to two specific models and the interaction between the diffusion and the delays is treated in detail. The destabilization of the steadystate and the bifurcation of oscillatory solutions are studied as functions of the diffusivities and the delays. The limits of very small and very large diffusivities are analyzed and comparisons with well-mixed compartment models are made.
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Busenberg, S., Mahaffy, J. Interaction of spatial diffusion and delays in models of genetic control by repression. J. Math. Biology 22, 313–333 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00276489
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