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.

Funding

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

FundersFunder number
European CommissionIRG-206872
Israel Science Foundation215/07

    Keywords

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

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