Heterodimer Autorepression Loop: A Robust and Flexible Pulse-Generating Genetic Module.

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We investigate the dynamics of the heterodimer autorepression loop (HAL), a small genetic module in which a protein A acts as an autorepressor and binds to a second protein B to form an AB dimer. For suitable values of the rate constants, the HAL produces pulses of A alternating with pulses of B. By means of analytical and numerical calculations, we show that the duration of A pulses is extremely robust against...

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