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Influences of a periodic signal on a noisy synthetic gene network

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The effects of noise and a periodic signal on a synthetic gene network have been investigated. By tuning the distance of a parameter from the Hopf bifurcation point, both implicit internal signal stochastic resonance and explicit internal signal stochastic resonance can be induced by noise. Furthermore, a switch process can also be elicited. When a periodic signal is coupled to the gene network, two interesting phenomena occur with the modulation of the frequency of the signal: the effect of noise amplifying cellular signal can be inhibited or even destroyed, and “locked” coherence resonance occurs.

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Liu, Y., Li, N. Influences of a periodic signal on a noisy synthetic gene network. Sci. China Chem. 54, 992–997 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-011-4285-z

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