Nature, Nurture, or Chance: Stochastic Gene Expression and Its Consequences

Arjun Raj; Alexander van Oudenaarden

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2008.09.050

Keywords

BiologyGene expressionGeneRegulation of gene expressionGene regulatory networkGeneticsTranscription (linguistics)Transcription factorCell cycleCell biology

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology US

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Year: 2008
Type: review
Volume: 135
Issue: 2
Pages: 216-226
Citations: 2688
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                                    Arjun Raj, 
                                
                                    Alexander van Oudenaarden
                                
                            (2008). 
                            Nature, Nurture, or Chance: Stochastic Gene Expression and Its Consequences. 
                            Cell
                            , 135
                            (2)
                            , 216-226.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2008.09.050

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DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.09.050