Contributions of low molecule number and chromosomal positioning to stochastic gene expression

Nature Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 937-944

  Becskei, Attila ^a   Kaufmann, Benjamin B ^a,b   Van Oudenaarden, Alexander ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME POSITIONING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA REPLICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA REPLICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; KINETICS; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 25144450143     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1616     Document Type: Article

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