Epigenetic Landscapes Explain Partially Reprogrammed Cells and Identify Key Reprogramming Genes

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Lang, Alex H ^a,b   Li, Hu ^c,d,g   Collins, James J ^c,d,e,f   Mehta, Pankaj ^a,b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION;

CELL-BE; CELL-FATE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; COMPLEX REGULATORY NETWORK; EPIGENETICS; EXTERNAL SIGNALS; GENOMIC DATA; NATURAL CONSEQUENCES; SPIN-GLASS;

SPIN GLASS;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PREDICTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MOUSE; PROCEDURES; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CELLULAR REPROGRAMMING; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84927955044     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003734     Document Type: Article

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