Origins of stochastic intracellular processes and consequences for cell-to-cell variability and cellular survival strategies

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 500, Issue , 2011, Pages 597-625

  Schwabe, A ^a,b   Dobrzynski M ^c   Rybakova, K ^b,c   Verschure, P ^b,d   Bruggeman, F J ^a,c,d  

^a CWI   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Institute for Systems Biology (NISB)   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Molecular network; Noise propagation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

CELL SURVIVAL; DECISION MAKING; EUKARYOTE; MICROORGANISM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEADY STATE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 80053054440     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: 15577988     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385118-5.00028-1     Document Type: Chapter

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