Stem cells do play with dice: A statistical physics view of transcription

Sol Efroni, Shai Melcer, Malka Nissim-Rafinia, Eran Meshorer

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Abstract

Embryonic stem cells display wide-spread pervasive transcriptional output. Here, we propose that multiple simultaneous transcriptional states underlay pluripotency.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)43-48
Number of pages6
JournalCell Cycle
Volume8
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2009

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
EM is supported by the Israel Science Foundation (grant 215/07), the European Union (grant IRG-206872), and an Alon Fellowship.

Keywords

  • Chromatin
  • Embryonic stem cells
  • Genome-wide
  • Microarrays
  • Stem cells
  • Systems biology
  • Transcription

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