Inferring the kinetics of stochastic gene expression from single-cell RNA-sequencing data

Genome Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Kim, Jong Kyoung ^a   Marioni, John C ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; RNA seq; Single cell; Statistics; Transcriptional burst

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMATIN; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYME BINDING; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTONE MODIFICATION; KINETICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; POISSON-BETA MODEL; PROBABILITY; PROMOTER REGION; RELIABILITY; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOCHASTIC GENE EXPRESSION;

EID: 84954396263     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2013-14-1-r7     Document Type: Article

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