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Positive auto-regulation (PAR) occurs when a transcription factor enhances its own rate of production. Opposite to the NAR motif this motif slows the response time compared to simple regulation.<ref name="mae1">{{cite journal |vauthors=Maeda YT, Sano M |title=Regulatory dynamics of synthetic gene networks with positive feedback |journal=J. Mol. Biol. |volume=359 |issue=4 |pages=1107–24 |date=June 2006 |pmid=16701695 |doi=10.1016/j.jmb.2006.03.064 }}</ref> In the case of a strong PAR the motif may lead to a bimodal distribution of protein levels in cell populations.<ref name="bec2">{{cite journal |vauthors=Becskei A, Séraphin B, Serrano L |title=Positive feedback in eukaryotic gene networks: cell differentiation by graded to binary response conversion |journal=EMBO J. |volume=20 |issue=10 |pages=2528–35 |date=May 2001 |pmid=11350942 |pmc=125456 |doi=10.1093/emboj/20.10.2528}}</ref>

Positive auto-regulation (PAR) occurs when a transcription factor enhances its own rate of production. Opposite to the NAR motif this motif slows the response time compared to simple regulation.<ref name="mae1">{{cite journal |vauthors=Maeda YT, Sano M |title=Regulatory dynamics of synthetic gene networks with positive feedback |journal=J. Mol. Biol. |volume=359 |issue=4 |pages=1107–24 |date=June 2006 |pmid=16701695 |doi=10.1016/j.jmb.2006.03.064 }}</ref> In the case of a strong PAR the motif may lead to a bimodal distribution of protein levels in cell populations.<ref name="bec2">{{cite journal |vauthors=Becskei A, Séraphin B, Serrano L |title=Positive feedback in eukaryotic gene networks: cell differentiation by graded to binary response conversion |journal=EMBO J. |volume=20 |issue=10 |pages=2528–35 |date=May 2001 |pmid=11350942 |pmc=125456 |doi=10.1093/emboj/20.10.2528}}</ref>

===Feed-forward loops (FFL)===

===正自反馈调控(PAR)===

 

===前馈回路 (FFL)===

[[Image:Feed-forward motif.GIF|thumb|Schematic representation of a Feed-forward motif]]

[[Image:Feed-forward motif.GIF|thumb|Schematic representation of a Feed-forward motif]]

This motif is commonly found in many gene systems and organisms. The motif consists of three genes and three regulatory interactions. The target gene C is regulated by 2 TFs A and B and in addition TF B  is also regulated by TF A . Since each of the regulatory interactions may either be positive or negative there are possibly eight types of FFL motifs.<ref name="man1">{{cite journal |vauthors=Mangan S, Alon U |title=Structure and function of the feed-forward loop network motif |journal=Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. |volume=100 |issue=21 |pages=11980–5 |date=October 2003 |pmid=14530388 |pmc=218699 |doi=10.1073/pnas.2133841100 |bibcode=2003PNAS..10011980M }}</ref> Two of those eight types: the coherent type 1 FFL (C1-FFL) (where all interactions are positive) and the incoherent type 1 FFL (I1-FFL) (A activates C and also activates B which represses C) are found much more frequently in the transcription network of ''[[Escherichia coli|E. coli]]'' and yeast than the other six types.<ref name="man1"/><ref name="ma1">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ma HW, Kumar B, Ditges U, Gunzer F, Buer J, Zeng AP |title=An extended transcriptional regulatory network of ''Escherichia coli'' and analysis of its hierarchical structure and network motifs |journal=Nucleic Acids Res. |volume=32 |issue=22 |pages=6643–9 |year=2004 |pmid=15604458 |pmc=545451 |doi=10.1093/nar/gkh1009 |url=http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=15604458}}</ref> In addition to the structure of the circuitry the way in which the signals from A and B are integrated by the C promoter should also be considered. In most of the cases the FFL is either an AND gate (A and B are required for C activation) or OR gate (either A or B are sufficient for C activation) but other input function are also possible.

前馈回路普遍存在于许多基因系统和生物体中。这种模体包括三个基因以及三个相互作用。目标基因C被两个转录因子（TFs）A和B调控，并且TF B同时被TF A调控。由于每个调控相互作用可以是正的或者负的，所以总共可能有八种类型的FFL模体。<ref name="man1">{{cite journal |vauthors=Mangan S, Alon U |title=Structure and function of the feed-forward loop network motif |journal=Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. |volume=100 |issue=21 |pages=11980–5 |date=October 2003 |pmid=14530388 |pmc=218699 |doi=10.1073/pnas.2133841100 |bibcode=2003PNAS..10011980M }}</ref> 其中的两种：一致前馈回路的类型一（C1-FFL）（所有相互作用都是正的）和不一致前馈回路的类型一（I1-FFL）（A激活C和B，B抑制C）在[[大肠杆菌]]和酵母中相比于其他六种更频繁的出现。<ref name="man1"/><ref name="ma1">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ma HW, Kumar B, Ditges U, Gunzer F, Buer J, Zeng AP |title=An extended transcriptional regulatory network of ''Escherichia coli'' and analysis of its hierarchical structure and network motifs |journal=Nucleic Acids Res. |volume=32 |issue=22 |pages=6643–9 |year=2004 |pmid=15604458 |pmc=545451 |doi=10.1093/nar/gkh1009 |url=http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=15604458}}</ref> 除了网络的结构外，还应该考虑来自A和B的信号被C的启动子集成的方式。在大多数情况下，FFL要么是一个与门(激活C需要A和B)，要么是或门(激活C需要A或B)，但也可以是其他输入函数。

===Coherent type 1 FFL (C1-FFL)===

===Coherent type 1 FFL (C1-FFL)===