Negative feedback and physical limits of genes

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-91

  Zabet, Nicolae Radu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auto repression; Metabolic cost; Output noise; Response time; Trade off

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLITE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; METABOLIC COST; METABOLISM; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME;

FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 79959980480     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.06.021     Document Type: Article

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