Enhancement of cellular memory by reducing stochastic transitions

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7039, 2005, Pages 228-232

  Acar, Murat ^a   Becskei, Attila ^a   Van Oudenaarden, Alexander ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CYTOLOGY; GENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PHENOTYPES; CELLULAR MEMORY; MODEL SYSTEM;

CELLS;

CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; GAL2P PROTEIN; GAL3P PROTEIN; GAL80P PROTEIN; GALACTOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GAL2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; GAL3 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; GAL80 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; YEAST; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STATISTICS;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GALACTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 18744361871     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03524     Document Type: Article

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