Building biological memory by linking positive feedback loops

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 175-180

  Chang, Dong Eun ^a   Leung, Shelly ^a   Atkinson, Mariette R ^a   Reifler, Aaron ^a   Forger, Daniel ^b   Ninfa, Alexander J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bistability; Genetic network; Hysteresis; Synthetic biology; Ultrasensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL MATURATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH DISORDER; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PERIODICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 76249115416     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908314107     Document Type: Article

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