Stochastic gene expression in mammals: Lessons from olfaction

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 449-456

  Magklara, Angeliki ^a   Lomvardas, Stavros ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antigen receptors; Clustered protocadherins; Epigenetic mechanisms; Nuclear architecture; Olfactory receptors; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; CADHERIN; MESSENGER RNA; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR;

ALLELIC EXCLUSION; CELL TYPE; CONSTITUTIVE HETEROCHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAMMAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LAMINA; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PATHOGENESIS; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SMELLING; STOCHASTIC MODEL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VDJ RECOMBINATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MAMMALS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84882919875     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: 18793088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2013.04.005     Document Type: Review

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