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  2. Negative feedback - Wikipedia

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    A simple negative feedback system is descriptive, for example, of some electronic amplifiers. The feedback is negative if the loop gain AB is negative.. Negative feedback (or balancing feedback) occurs when some function of the output of a system, process, or mechanism is fed back in a manner that tends to reduce the fluctuations in the output, whether caused by changes in the input or by ...

  3. Feedback - Wikipedia

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    Negative feedback: If the signal feedback is out of phase by 180° with respect to the input signal, the feedback is called negative feedback. As an example of negative feedback, the diagram might represent a cruise control system in a car that matches a target speed such as the speed limit. The controlled system is the car; its input includes ...

  4. Biochemical switches in the cell cycle - Wikipedia

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    The interaction between the two types of loops is evident in mitosis. While positive feedback initiates mitosis, a negative feedback loop promotes the inactivation of the cyclin-dependent kinases by the anaphase-promoting complex. This example clearly shows the combined effects that positive and negative feedback loops have on cell-cycle ...

  5. Downregulation and upregulation - Wikipedia

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    This is an example of a locally acting (negative feedback) mechanism. An example of upregulation is the response of liver cells exposed to such xenobiotic molecules as dioxin . In this situation, the cells increase their production of cytochrome P450 enzymes , which in turn increases degradation of these dioxin molecules.

  6. Homeostasis - Wikipedia

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    Simple English; SlovenĨina; ... In biology, homeostasis ... vast numbers of positive and negative feedback loops are being discovered, that, together, maintain a ...

  7. Bistability - Wikipedia

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    Feedback on both the activator of a system and inhibitor make the system able to tolerate a wide range of concentrations. An example of this in cell biology is that activated CDK1 (Cyclin Dependent Kinase 1) activates its activator Cdc25 while at the same time inactivating its inactivator, Wee1, thus allowing for progression of a cell into ...

  8. Catabolism - Wikipedia

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    Released from alpha cells in the pancreas either when starving or when the body needs to generate additional energy; it stimulates the breakdown of glycogen in the liver to increase blood glucose levels; its effect is the opposite of insulin; glucagon and insulin are a part of a negative-feedback system that stabilizes blood glucose levels ...

  9. Loop gain - Wikipedia

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    In a feedback loop, the output of a device, process or plant is sampled and applied to alter the input, to better control the output. The loop gain, along with the related concept of loop phase shift , determines the behavior of the device, and particularly whether the output is stable , or unstable, which can result in oscillation .