Robust, tunable genetic memory from protein sequestration combined with positive feedback

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 9086-9094

  Shopera, Tatenda ^a   Henson, William R ^a   Ng, Andrew ^a   Lee, Young Je ^a   Ng, Kenneth ^a   Moon, Tae Seok ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXSA PROTEIN; EXSC PROTEIN; EXSD PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXSA PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; EXSD PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; HYBRID PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC MEMORY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SEQUESTRATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; THEORETICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MODELS, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84963832616     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv936     Document Type: Article

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