Dynamics of single-cell gene expression

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Longo, Diane ^a   Hasty, Jeff ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Noise; Single cell

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AVERAGE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL POPULATION; EXPERIMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; ANIMAL; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MICROFLUIDICS;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 33846097600     PISSN: 17444292     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb4100110     Document Type: Review

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