Speed, Sensitivity, and Bistability in Auto-activating Signaling Circuits

Cells employ a myriad of signaling circuits to detect environmental signals and drive specific gene expression responses. A common motif in these circuits is inducible auto-activation: a transcription factor that activates its own transcription upon activation by a ligand or by post-transcriptional...

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Main Authors: Hermsen, Rutger, Erickson, David W., Hwa, Terence
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219618/