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Precision timing in a cell

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A 16-year-old synthetic genetic circuit that produces gene-expression oscillations in bacterial cells has been given an upgrade, making it an exceptionally precise biological clock. See Letter p.514

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  1. Xiaojing J. Gao and Michael B. Elowitz are in the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, and Department of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.,

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