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ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2009

Using movies to analyse gene circuit dynamics in single cells.

James C W Locke, Michael B Elowitz

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Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 114 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

114 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

James C W LockeDepartment of Applied Physics, Division of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
Michael B Elowitz

Funding

THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONAL MODULESP50GM068763 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI BENENSON, YAAKOV · 2003 to 2012
$28.9M
Stochastic Pulsing in Microbial Regulation and DifferentiationR01GM079771 · NIGMS · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ELOWITZ, MICHAEL B · 2007 to 2015
$2.8M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM068763NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM079771NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM079771
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many bacterial systems rely on dynamic genetic circuits to control crucial biological processes. A major goal of systems biology is to understand these behaviours in terms of individual genes and their interactions. However, traditional techniques based on population averages 'wash out' crucial dynamics that are either unsynchronized between cells or are driven by fluctuations, or 'noise', in cellular components. Recently, the combination of time-lapse microscopy, quantitative image analysis and fluorescent protein reporters has enabled direct observation of multiple cellular components over time in individual cells. In conjunction with mathematical modelling, these techniques are now providing powerful insights into genetic circuit behaviour in diverse microbial systems.

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Motion PicturesBacteriaBacterial Physiological PhenomenaFluorescenceGene Expression Regulation, BacterialImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMicroscopy

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PMID19369953
PMCPMC2853934

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