Coherent activation of a synthetic mammalian gene network

Systems and Synthetic Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-23

  Longo, Diane M ^a   Hoffmann, Alexander ^a   Tsimring, Lev S ^b   Hasty, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Positive feedback; Signaling dynamics; Synthetic gene network

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 76149098825     PISSN: 18725325     EISSN: 18725333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11693-009-9044-5     Document Type: Article

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