Stochastic modeling for the expression of a gene regulated by competing transcription factors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Yang, Hsih Te ^a   Ko, Minoru S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DOSE RESPONSE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; REGULATOR GENE; STATISTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, SWITCH; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84863245792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032376     Document Type: Article

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