Biological design principles of complex feedback modules in the e. coli ammonia assimilation system

Artificial Life

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-90

  Masaki, Koichi ^a   Maeda, Kazuhiro ^a   Kurata, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ammonia assimilation; bistability; dynamic simulation; feedback regulation; hysteresis; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ARTIFICIAL LIFE; CELL ENGINEERING; COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK CONTROL; HYSTERESIS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; ROBUST CONTROL; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

AMMONIA ASSIMILATIONS; BIFUNCTIONAL ENZYMES; ENGINEERING SYSTEMS; EXTERNAL PERTURBATIONS; FEEDBACK REGULATION; GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE; INTERNAL PERTURBATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK LOOP;

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS;

AMMONIA;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM;

AMMONIA; BIOGENESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84455183878     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: 15309185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/artl_a_00049     Document Type: Review

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