A multi-functional synthetic gene network: A frequency multiplier, oscillator and switch

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Purcell, Oliver ^a   di Bernardo, Mario ^a,b   Grierson, Claire S ^a   Savery, Nigel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SYNTHETIC DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATOR GENE; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, SWITCH; GENES, SYNTHETIC; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79951929145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016140     Document Type: Article

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