The incoherent feed-forward loop accelerates the response-time of the gal system of Escherichia coli

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 356, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1073-1081

  Mangan, S ^a   Itzkovitz, S ^a   Zaslaver, A ^a   Alon, U ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computational biology; Design principles; Fluorescent reporter; Network motifs; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ACCELERATION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LACTOSE OPERON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; YEAST;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 32044462728     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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