Stochastic mRNA synthesis in mammalian cells

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1707-1719

  Raj, Arjun ^a,b   Peskin, Charles S ^a   Tranchina, Daniel ^a   Vargas, Diana Y ^b   Tyagi, Sanjay ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REPORTER GENE; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHO CELL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAMSTER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSACTIVATION;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, MESSENGER; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33748994704     PISSN: 15457885     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040309     Document Type: Article

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