The Origins of Time-Delay in Template Biopolymerization Processes
Figure 3
Ribosome distribution as a function of time.
The ribosome distributions along the mRNA chain during induction, as predicted by the mechanistic model (Eqs. 10, dots), and the time delay model (Eqs. 21, open circles) at times (A) , (B)
, (C)
and (D)
. Parameter values are
,
,
,
,
,
and
for
. Distance along the chain is measured in ribosome lengths and the scale for the y-axis is different in each panel.