Table 4 Summary of the parameter values used to perform stochastic and deterministic analysis of the realistic LacI-TetR system, based on the sources described in Methods

α _le

0.065 s⁻¹

α _te

0.11 s⁻¹

α _i

0.66 s⁻¹

α _lt

0.01 s⁻¹

α _tt

0.017 s⁻¹

γ _ml

3.0 ×10⁻³s⁻¹

γ _mt

3.9 ×10⁻³s⁻¹

γ _p

3.9 ×10⁻⁴s⁻¹

k ₁

0.015 μm³

q ₁

8.8 ×10⁻⁵s⁻¹

q _l2

8.8 ×10⁻⁸s⁻¹

k _t2

2.4 ×10⁻⁴ μm³

q _t2

0.019 s⁻¹

k _l3

3.0 ×10⁻³ μm³

q _l3

5.4 ×10⁻⁷s⁻¹

k _t3

4.8 ×10⁻³ μm³

q _t3

2.1 ×10⁻³s⁻¹

q _l4

3.0 ×10⁻³s⁻¹

k _l5

1.4 ×10⁻⁶ μm³

q _l5

8.2 ×10⁻³s⁻¹

k _b1

4.3 ×10⁻³ μm³

q _b

0.45 s⁻¹

k _{l b2}

1.2 ×10⁻⁵ μm³

k _{t b2}

5.7 ×10⁻⁶ μm³

k _{l b3}

3.6 ×10⁻⁷ μm³

k _{t b3}

8.6 ×10⁻⁶ μm³