Date:11/26/2012

he spore-forming process and begins making preparations, even as it continues to perform its statistical sampling. The paper's authors found that a key to this process is a series of nested "feedforward" loops -- network motifs in which one master regulator controls another by directly regulating its amount and indirectly regulating its activity.

"Cells have an ingenious strategy, which allows them to change their mind and process information while they are executing the program," Narula said. "This strategy allows them to make an accurate decision without delaying their decision just to average noisy signals."

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Contact: David Ruth david@rice.edu 713-348-6327 Rice University Source:Eurekalert

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