Significance To survive in the harsh environments they inhabit, cells have evolved sophisticated regulatory mechanisms that can maintain a steady internal milieu or homeostasis. This robustness, however, does not generally… Click to show full abstract
Significance To survive in the harsh environments they inhabit, cells have evolved sophisticated regulatory mechanisms that can maintain a steady internal milieu or homeostasis. This robustness, however, does not generally translate to engineered genetic circuits, such as the ones studied by synthetic biology. Here, we introduce an implementation of a minimal and universal gene regulatory motif that produces robust perfect adaptation for mammalian cells, and we improve on it by enhancing the precision of its regulation.
               
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