Studying transcriptional interactions in single cells at sufficient resolution

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-86

  Wallden, Mats ^a   Elf, Johan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH-SPEED; REGULATORY CIRCUITS; SINGLE CELLS; SINGLE MOLECULE; SUB-CELLULAR;

GENE EXPRESSION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MICROFLUIDICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR PROBES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79551553749     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2010.10.004     Document Type: Review

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