Searching all two- and three-node gene regulatory network topologies identifies the repressilator with positive autoregulation as the motif capable of accurate oscillation and reveals the long period and high amplitude as two distinct mechanisms for buffering different noise.
Flight system of flies is driven by wings and mechanosensory halteres that operate as independently driven but coupled oscillators, thereby imparting robustness against wing or thorax damage.
Time-lapse recording and theoretical analysis of individual cells isolated from the zebrafish segmentation clock reveal that they behave as self-sustained, autonomous oscillators with distinctive noisy dynamics.
Henrike Niederholtmeyer, Zachary Z Sun ... Sebastian J Maerkl
Rapid forward engineering can be accomplished using cell-free systems, as demonstrated by the implementation and characterization of novel genetic oscillators in a cell-free system and their consequent transfer to cells.
Sensory receptors encode stimuli by transiently synchronizing ongoing electrical oscillations, conferring enhanced sensitivity to communication signals produced by large groups of conspecifics.
Hongfei Ji, Anthony D Fouad ... Christopher Fang-Yen
Behavioral, optogenetic, and computational modeling analyses show that the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans uses a relaxation oscillation mechanism to generate rhythmic locomotor patterns.