Revisiting bistability in the lysis/lysogeny circuit of bacteriophage lambda.

The lysis/lysogeny switch of bacteriophage lambda serves as a paradigm for binary cell fate decision, long-term maintenance of cellular state and stimulus-triggered switching between states. In the literature, the system is often referred to as "bistable." However, it remains unclear wheth...

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Main Authors: Michael Bednarz, Jennifer A Halliday, Christophe Herman, Ido Golding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4070997?pdf=render