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diff --git a/lectures/lec15_bistability6 b/lectures/lec15_bistability6 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5c13656 --- /dev/null +++ b/lectures/lec15_bistability6 @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ + +last lecture on bistability! going to get examples. +assume should do assignment #3 after this. + +should read: Ferrell (2002) Curr. Op. Cell Biol. 14:140-148 + +"lac operon" example is with lactose metabolism in E. Coli bacteria, where +presence of lactose can lead to gene expression for allowing even more lactose +into the cell. when this process starts, it is self-reinforcing and triggers on +(bistable) + |