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. 2015 Feb 27;11(2):e1004062. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004062

Table 1. Model variables.

Nomenclature Description Units
Γi=G1,G2 cyclin transition functions n/a
ΓE,i cyclin E1 transition function on sub-interval i n/a
ΓB,k cyclin B1 transition function on sub-interval k n/a
ΓS DNA transition function n/a
μ cell growth rate h-1
cycE cyclin E1 distributed content % cyclin
cycEmax maximum cyclin E1 content used for domain truncation % cyclin
cycB cyclin B1 distributed content % cyclin
cycBmax maximum cyclin B1 content used for domain truncation % cyclin
cycBmin minimum cyclin B1 content used for the domain start % cyclin
DNA DNA distributed content DNA relative content
fi = G1,S,G2M cell fraction in phase i n/a
flim Monod kinetics functions n/a
Glc extracellular glucose concentration mM
Glu extracellular glutamate concentration mM
hi = E,DNA,B resolution of a sub-interval (bin) % cyclin or DNA relative content
Lac extracellular lactate concentration mM
mAb antibody concentration mg/L
Ni = G1,S,G2 number of cells distributed on a variable for each phase Cells
NE,i number of cells on sub-interval i of domain cyclin E1 Cells
NDNA,j number of cells on sub-interval j of domain DNA Cells
NB,k number of cells on sub-interval k of domain cyclin B1 Cells
ni = E,DNA,B number of sub-intervals (or bins) within each domain interval n/a
Qi = Glu,Glc substrate consumption rate mM/cells/h
ri growth functions of the distributed variable h-1
rE,i cyclin E1 growth function on sub-interval i % cyc E/h
rDNA,j DNA growth function on sub-interval j DNA/h
rB,k cyclin B1 growth function on sub-interval k % cyc B/h
total total number of viable cells cells
phasei = G1,S,G2 number of cells in phase i cells
(s) substrate/metabolite concentration mM
V Volume mL
XV viable cell density cells/mL
XD death cell density cells/mL