The volumes and transcript counts of single cells reveal concentration homeostasis and capture biological noise

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 797-804

  Kempe, Hermannus ^a   Schwabe, Anne ^b   Crémazy, Frédéric ^a   Verschure, Pernette J ^a   Bruggeman, Frank J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL LEVEL; CELL VOLUME; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL SIZE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MARKOV CHAIN; METABOLISM;

CELL SIZE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84922776628     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: 19394586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E14-08-1296     Document Type: Article

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