Lysogen stability is determined by the frequency of activity bursts from the fate-determining gene

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zong, Chenghang ^a,e   So, Lok Hang ^a,b   Sepúlveda, Leonardo A ^b,c   Skinner, Samuel O ^a,d   Golding, Ido ^a,b,c,d  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

epigenetic stability; lysis; lysogeny; phage lambda; stochastic gene expression

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PHAGE REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CRO GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; LAMBDA REPRESSOR GENE; LYSOGENIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; VIRUS GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE LAMBDA;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, VIRAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; LYSOGENY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIRAL REGULATORY AND ACCESSORY PROTEINS;

EID: 78649838304     PISSN: 17444292     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb.2010.96     Document Type: Article

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