Switchable genetic oscillator operating in quasi-stable mode

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue 48, 2010, Pages 1071-1082

  Strelkowa, Natalja ^a   Barahona, Mauricio ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generalized repressilator; Oscillatory gene networks; Stochastic dynamics; Synthetic biology; Travelling waves

Indexed keywords

GENES; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

GENE NETWORKS; REPRESSILATOR; STOCHASTIC DYNAMICS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRAVELLING WAVES;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DYNAMICS; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC MODEL; OSCILLATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 77954477987     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0487     Document Type: Article

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