Eukaryotic transcriptional dynamics: From single molecules to cell populations

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 572-584

  Coulon, Antoine ^a   Chow, Carson C ^a   Singer, Robert H ^b,c   Larson, Daniel R ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3;

BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL POPULATION; ENERGY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; LONG TERM MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84880920116     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3484     Document Type: Review

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