Construction of an in vitro bistable circuit from synthetic transcriptional switches

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kim, Jongmin ^a   White, Kristin S ^a   Winfree, Erik ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bistability; Design principles; Dynamical systems; Transcription; Ultrasensitivity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA; RIBONUCLEASE H; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; ORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; RNA DEGRADATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; SURVIVAL; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHOSPHORYLATION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, SYNTHETIC; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KINETICS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33846116559     PISSN: 17444292     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb4100099     Document Type: Article

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