Self-organization vs Watchmaker: Stochastic gene expression and cell differentiation

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-52

  Kurakin, Alexei ^a  

^a BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Cell plasticity; Gene expression; Self organization; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELL INTERACTION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LINEAR SYSTEM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 12144261863     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-004-0448-7     Document Type: Article

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