Stochastic gene expression in a single cell

Science

Volumn 297, Issue 5584, 2002, Pages 1183-1186

  Elowitz, Michael B ^a   Levine, Arnold J ^a   Siggia, Eric D ^a   Swain, Peter S ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CELLS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ARTICLE; CLONE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037119587     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1070919     Document Type: Article

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