Stochastic Switching in Gene Networks Can Occur by a Single-Molecule Event or Many Molecular Steps

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 396, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 230-244

  Choi, Paul J ^a   Xie, X Sunney ^a   Shakhnovich, Eugene I ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

expression noise; gene networks; single molecule; stochastic switching; transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 74649084225     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.11.035     Document Type: Article

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