Dynamic Heterogeneity and DNA Methylation in Embryonic Stem Cells

Molecular Cell

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 319-331

  Singer, Zakary S ^a   Yong, John ^a   Tischler, Julia ^c   Hackett, Jamie A ^c   Altinok, Alphan ^a   Surani, M Azim ^c   Cai, Long ^a   Elowitz, Michael B ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICE; RNA, MESSENGER; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84904460344     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.06.029     Document Type: Article

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