Parameter	Description	Value
Unstable switch (4B)	Unstable CHE-1 switch, average lifetime of ~10 days
${\displaystyle C}$	Number of CHE-1 protein molecules	900
${\displaystyle M}$	Number of che-1 mRNA molecules	7
${\displaystyle O^{\ast }}$	Number of che-1 promoters	1
${\displaystyle O_T^{\ast }}$	Number of target genes	500
${\displaystyle f_O}$	Binding rate of CHE-1 on che-1 or target gene promoters	0.03 s–1
${\displaystyle b_O}$	Unbinding rate of CHE-1 from che-1 promoter	100 s–1
${\displaystyle b_T}$	Unbinding rate of CHE-1 from target gene promoters	100 s–1
${\displaystyle f_M}$	che-1 mRNA production rate	0.0302 s–1
${\displaystyle b_M}$	che-1 mRNA degradation rate	0.00083 s–1
${\displaystyle f_C}$	CHE-1 protein production rate	0.0274 s–1
${\displaystyle b_C}$	CHE-1 protein degradation rate	0.00024 s–1
Stable switch (4B)	Highly stable switch, slower unbinding rate of CHE-1 from its own promoter
${\displaystyle b_O}$	Unbinding rate of CHE-1 from che-1 promoter	0.1 s–1
${\displaystyle f_M}$	che-1 mRNA production rate	0.0059 s–1
${\displaystyle f_C}$	CHE-1 protein production rate	0.0261 s–1
${\displaystyle b_C}$	CHE-1 protein degradation rate	0.00023 s–1
Stable switch (4E)	Highly stable switch, depleted to 100 CHE-1
${\displaystyle b_O}$	Unbinding rate of CHE-1 from che-1 promoter	0.1 s–1
${\displaystyle f_M}$	che-1 mRNA production rate	0.0059 s–1
${\displaystyle b_C}$	CHE-1 protein degradation rate	0.0019 s–1
${\displaystyle f_C}$	CHE-1 protein production rate	0.024 s–1
${\displaystyle b_P}$	Target mRNA degradation rate	0.0008 s–1
${\displaystyle f_P}$	Target mRNA production rate	0.09 s–1
Unstable switch (4E)	Unstable switch, depleted to 100 CHE-1
${\displaystyle b_O}$	Unbinding rate of CHE-1 from che-1 promoter	10 s–1
${\displaystyle b_T}$	Unbinding rate of CHE-1 from target gene promoters	10 s–1
${\displaystyle b_C}$	CHE-1 protein degradation rate	0.00076 s–1
${\displaystyle f_C}$	CHE-1 protein production rate	0.026 s–1
${\displaystyle b_P}$	Target mRNA degradation rate	0.0004 s–1
${\displaystyle f_P}$	Target mRNA production rate	0.016 s–1