Synthetic conversion of a graded receptor signal into a tunable, reversible switch

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Palani, Santhosh ^a   Sarkar, Casim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cell signaling; design principles; feedback; switch like response; synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; RECEPTOR; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SKN7 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WOL PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGANDS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN KINASES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 79953317810     PISSN: 17444292     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb.2011.13     Document Type: Article

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