Before revision:  Making use of empirical growth-rate dependences of parameters in bacteria, we show that the repressilator dynamics can switch between oscillations and convergence to a fixed point depending on the cellular state of growth, and thus on the amount and quality of the food it is fed.
After revision:  Making use of empirical growth-rate dependences of parameters in bacteria, we show that the repressilator dynamics can switch between oscillations and convergence to a fixed point depending on the cellular state of growth, and thus on the nutrients it is fed.