Stochastic switching as a survival strategy in fluctuating environments

Nature Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 471-475

  Acar, Murat ^a   Mettetal, Jerome T ^a   Van Oudenaarden, Alexander ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GALECTIN 1;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEASONAL VARIATION; URA3 GENE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL SURVIVAL; ENVIRONMENT; FLUOROURACIL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GALACTOKINASE; GALACTOSE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OROTIC ACID; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS; URACIL;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 41349119880     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.110     Document Type: Article

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