Cellular decision making and biological noise: From microbes to mammals

Cell

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 910-925

  Balázsi, Gábor ^a   Van Oudenaarden, Alexander ^b   Collins, James J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CYTOLYSIS; METAZOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 79952638264     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.01.030     Document Type: Review

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