Resource page for chimera's theoretical
biophysics research activity


(Last updated : October 2012)
                   
Researchers involved :

Fabrizio Capuani (IIT Postdoc)
Andrea De Martino (CNR@Sapienza)
Benedetta Cerruti (IIT Postdoc)
Daniele De Martino (IIT Postdoc)
Matteo Figliuzzi (PhD student)
Enzo Marinari (Sapienza)
Matteo Mori (PhD student)
Giorgio Parisi (Sapienza)
Federico Ricci Tersenghi (Sapienza)
Alessandro Seganti (PhD student)
                   



       
Quantitavive biology (articles and related material)
       
       
D. De Martino, M. Figliuzzi, A. De Martino, and E. Marinari
A Scalable Algorithm to Explore the Gibbs energy Landscape of Genome-scale Metabolic Networks
PLoS Comput. Biol. 8(6) e1002562 (2012)
       
  
  • a C++ code to locate and correct infeasible cycles and compute chemical potentials in metabolic networks (via MinOver)
       
A. De Martino, D. Granata, E. Marinari, C. Martelli, and V. Van Kerrebroeck
Optimal flux states, reaction replaceability and response to knockouts in the human red blood cell
J. Biomed. Biotech. 2010 415148 (2010)
       
  
  • stoichiometric matrices (single .tar.gz file incl. input and output matrices)
  • optimal flux configurations (a single .tar.gz file with large samples for the healthy cell and for various enzyme deficiencies)
  • enumeration of alternative paths for replaceable metabolic conversions
  • a C code to compute optimal fluxes (via MinOver)
  • a C code implementing Johnson's circuit-counting algorithm to compute replaceabilities
       
C. Martelli, A. De Martino, E. Marinari, M. Marsili, and I. Perez Castillo
Identifying essential genes in E. coli from a metabolic optimization principle
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 106 2607 (2009)
       
  
  • stoich. matrices after leaf removal, reversibility included (1035 reactions x 625 metabolites, single .tar.gz file incl. input and output matrices)
  • list of the 625 chemical species, ordered as in the stoichiometric matrices
       
       
Theory articles
       
       
  • M. Figliuzzi, E. Marinari and A. De Martino, MicroRNAs as a selective, post-transcriptional channel of communication between ceRNAs: a steady-state theory [arXiv]
  • A. De Martino, D. De Martino, R. Mulet and G. Uguzzoni, Reaction networks as systems for resource allocation: a variational principle for their non-equilibrium steady states. PLoS ONE 7(7) e39849 (2012) [arXiv, article]
  • A. De Martino, E. Marinari and A. Romualdi, Von Neumann's growth model: statistical mechanics and biological applications. Eur Phys J ST 212 45-64 [arXiv, article]
  • A. De Martino, M. Figliuzzi and M. Marsili, One way to grow, many ways to shrink: the reversible von Neumann expanding model. J. Stat. Mech. P07032 (2010) [arXiv, article]
  • A. De Martino and E. Marinari, The solution space of metabolic networks: Producibility, robustness and fluctuations. J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 233 012019 (2010) [arXiv, article]
  • A.C.C. Coolen, A. De Martino and A. Annibale, Constrained Markovian dynamics of random graphs. J. Stat. Phys. 136 1035 (2009) [arXiv, article]
  • A. De Martino, C. Martelli and F. Massucci, On the role of conserved moieties in shaping the robustness and production capabilities of reaction networks. Europhys. Lett. 85 38007 (2009) [arXiv, article]
  • V. Van Kerrebroeck and E. Marinari, Ranking Vertices or Edges of a Network by Loops: A New Approach, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101 098701 (2008) [arXiv, article]
  • A. De Martino, C. Martelli, R. Monasson and I. Perez Castillo, Von Neumann's expanding model on random graphs. J. Stat. Mech. P05012 (2007) [arXiv, article]
  • A. De Martino and M. Marsili, Typical properties of optimal growth in the Von Neumann expanding model for large random economies. J. Stat. Mech. L09003 (2005) [arXiv, article]