Caltech researchers develop and verify predictive mathematical model
News Writer:
Kimm Fesenmaier
The background images show cells that have been repressed to different extents. Red fluorescence corresponds to the "repressor" transcription factors that turn off the genes that produce the green fluorescent protein. The two graphs in the foreground show the level of green fluorescent protein produced as a function of the level of repressor.
"The thing that makes this study really interesting is that we did our calculations before we ever did any experiments," says Rob Phillips, the Fred and Nancy Morris Professor of Biophysics and Biology at Caltech.