Regulated cell-to-cell variation in a cell-fate decision system

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7059, 2005, Pages 699-706

  Colman Lerner, Alejandro ^a   Gordon, Andrew ^a   Serra, Eduard ^a   Chin, Tina ^a   Resnekov, Orna ^a   Endy, Drew ^b   Pesce, C Gustavo ^a   Brent, Roger ^a  

^a The Molecular Sciences Institute   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; YEAST;

CELL-FATE DECISION SYSTEM; CELL-TO-CELL VARIATIONS; GENE TRANSCRIPTIONS; PHEROMONE LEVELS;

CELL CULTURE;

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 1; FUS3 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; PEPTIDE; PHEROMONE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

CYTOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSLATION; YEAST; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MATING FACTOR; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICS;

EUKARYOTA;

CDC28 PROTEIN KINASE, S CEREVISIAE; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 26944476331     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03998     Document Type: Article

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