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AND gate diagram

Repressors

So far, we've been talking about repressors.

• Can't replace a computer with it, as it isn't quite fast enough.
• Defined NOT, AND, FOR, etc., devices
• Can use sender/receiver devices, not just boolean logic
• Start to think about sensors/actuators, etc.

Characteristics

What do we want to know about the physics/biology of our inverters?

• Toxicity
• Speed
• Signal levels
• Transfer function
• Load placed on cell

Do we care about the relation between the input and the output?

• We care about the range of the input signal
• How the output changes (transfer function)

How are we going to come up with answers?

Let's look at an inverter. Say the repressor controls something called [math]\displaystyle{ \lambda }[/math] cI.

• Model depends on physics of system
• Also going to encounter the science/biology of system
  • [math]\displaystyle{ \lambda }[/math] is a phage that does such & such...
  • [math]\displaystyle{ \lambda }[/math] repressor doesn't turn off in all instances, blah blah