Mutual repression enhances the steepness and precision of gene expression boundaries.

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Published in PLoS Comput Biol on August 30, 2012

Authors

Thomas R Sokolowski1, Thorsten Erdmann, Pieter Rein ten Wolde

Author Affiliations

1: FOM Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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