Spatial epigenetic control of mono- and bistable gene expression

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Kelemen, János Z ^a   Ratna, Prasuna ^a   Scherrer, Simone ^a   Becskei, Attila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIFFUSION; DNA FLANKING REGION; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SILENCING; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC STABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

HYBRID PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SUM1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

BINDING SITES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENE SILENCING; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 77950590631     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000332     Document Type: Article

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