Analytic approaches to stochastic gene expression in multicellular systems

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2629-2640

  Boettiger, Alistair Nicol ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; REVIEW; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84890756547     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.10.033     Document Type: Review

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