Oscillation Counter
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This part takes as input the concentration of the oscillating object and leads to an all-or-none response. That could be done through strong cooperativity? | This part takes as input the concentration of the oscillating object and leads to an all-or-none response. That could be done through strong cooperativity? | ||
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==The Divider== | ==The Divider== | ||
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Revision as of 09:42, 2 August 2005
Contents |
Intro
The Oscillation Counter is a genetic circuit module that activates the production of a gene every other peak. The ultimate goal is to combine such modules to count to an arbitrary number. Therefore, this project is cool, and every effort should be put to bring it to reality.
Principle
The first part of the module discretize the oscillation into two states -- on and off, and can be seen as a reversible switch. This part can be seen as the elementary counter. The second part is the divider and should be ultimately developped into a cascade of such units. But let's not get carried away. We shall first focus on the implementation of a single divider, a large enough endeavor if you ask me.
Design
The Discretizer
This part takes as input the concentration of the oscillating object and leads to an all-or-none response. That could be done through strong cooperativity?
_ _ /\/\/\/\/\/\ -> _| |_| |_|
The Divider
This part is pure made of four
Challenges
- how does noise accumulate and propagate?
- what about delays and timescale?
- do we have a reliable oscillator at all to start with?
References
Comments
Please add any comments and critics here or directly in the corpus above.
