Gene expression noise in spatial patterning: Hunchback promoter structure affects noise amplitude and distribution in Drosophila segmentation

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Holloway, David M ^a,b   Lopes, Francisco J P ^c   da Fontoura Costa, Luciano ^d   Travençolo, Bruno A N ^d,e   Golyandina, Nina ^f   Usevich, Konstantin ^f   Spirov, Alexander V ^g  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^f ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^g Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PROTEINS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TRANSCRIPTION;

BINDING-SITES; DROSOPHILLA; GENES EXPRESSION; NOISE AMPLITUDE; NOISE DISTRIBUTION; POSITIONAL INFORMATION; SELF REGULATION; SPATIAL GRADIENTS; SPATIAL PATTERNING; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR;

BINDING SITES;

BICOID PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BICOID PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HUNCHBACK PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUNCHBACK GENE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCIBILITY; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN BINDING; STATISTICS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BINDING SITES; BODY PATTERNING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, MESSENGER; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79952469264     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001069     Document Type: Article

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