itkBioGeneNetwork.h

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/*=========================================================================

  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: itkBioGeneNetwork.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2008-10-20 21:28:21 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.4 $

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#ifndef __itkBioGeneNetwork_h
#define __itkBioGeneNetwork_h

#ifdef _MSC_VER
#pragma warning ( disable : 4786 )
#endif

#include <vector>

namespace itk {

namespace bio {

class GeneNetwork  
{
public:
  typedef   std::vector< float >       ProteomeType;
  typedef   std::vector< float >       DomainsType;

public:
  GeneNetwork();
  virtual ~GeneNetwork();

  void Copy( const GeneNetwork & genome );


private:

  // This array contains the concentrations each protein
  // in the cell at a certain time.
  ProteomeType              m_ProteinConcentration;

  // This array contains the concentrations domain affinities 
  // in the cell at a certain time. Since each protein may 
  // have multiple domains and each domain have affinities
  // for standard domains in the regulatory section of genes,
  // this array is indexed by the domains in the regulatory
  // section. The final value on each entry indicates the 
  // probability of a domain to be bound during a certain time
  // interval.
  DomainsType               m_DomainConcentration;

};


} // end namespace bio

} // end namespace itk

#endif