Tuning cell differentiation patterns and single cell dynamics by regulating proteins' functionalities in a toggle switch

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 441-448

  Dai, Xiaofeng ^a   Healy, Shannon ^a   Yli Harja, Olli ^a,c   Ribeiro, Andre S ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Functional protein; Functionality regulation; Non functional protein; Toggle switch

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BIOLOGY; CELL ORGANELLE; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN; STOCHASTICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA TRANSLATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEINS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 70350044505     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.08.024     Document Type: Article

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