Positive feedback in eukaryotic gene networks: Cell differentiation by graded to binary response conversion

EMBO Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2528-2535

  Becskei, Attila ^a   Séraphin, Bertrand ^b   Serrano, Luis ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Enhancer; Genetic switch; Graded response; Stochastic; Transcriptional activator

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FEEDBACK; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TETRACYCLINE; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 17144456808     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.10.2528     Document Type: Article

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