Stochastic protein expression in individual cells at the single molecule level

Nature

Volumn 440, Issue 7082, 2006, Pages 358-362

  Cai, Long ^a   Friedman, Nir ^a   Xie, X Sunney ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BIOASSAY; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES;

CELL ASSAY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; PROTEOMIC TECHNIQUES;

PROTEINS;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MONITORING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STEADY STATE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 33645027986     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04599     Document Type: Article

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