Multistable decision switches for flexible control of epigenetic differentiation.

It is now recognized that molecular circuits with positive feedback can induce two different gene expression states (bistability) under the very same cellular conditions. Whether, and how, cells make use of the coexistence of a larger number of stable states (multistability) is however largely unkno...

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Main Authors: Raúl Guantes, Juan F Poyatos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-11-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2580821?pdf=render