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Spatial Fluctuations and the Flipping of the Genetic Switch in a Cellular System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

Ralf Metzler
Ralf Metzler*
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Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139 Electronic address:metz@mit.edu
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Abstract

– It has been realised that noise plays an important rôle in cellular processes where fluctuation induced number fluctuations of certain messenger molecules become non–negligible, due to the small total number of these molecules within one cell. In the following, it is argued that spatial fluctuations of such molecules and their impact on genetic switches should be considered as well.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 651: Symposium T – Dynamics in Small Confining Systems V , 2000 , T8.6.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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