Memory and relatedness of transcriptional activity in mammalian cell lineages

Phenotypically identical mammalian cells often display considerable variability in transcript levels of individual genes. Here the authors document how different genes propagate their expression levels in cell lineages and suggest a potential role of transcriptional memory for generating spatial pat...

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Main Authors: Nicholas E. Phillips, Aleksandra Mandic, Saeed Omidi, Felix Naef, David M. Suter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09189-8
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description Phenotypically identical mammalian cells often display considerable variability in transcript levels of individual genes. Here the authors document how different genes propagate their expression levels in cell lineages and suggest a potential role of transcriptional memory for generating spatial patterns of gene expression.
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spelling doaj.art-129c79e594114d3db8f9415be15337002022-12-21T23:08:56ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232019-03-0110111210.1038/s41467-019-09189-8Memory and relatedness of transcriptional activity in mammalian cell lineagesNicholas E. Phillips0Aleksandra Mandic1Saeed Omidi2Felix Naef3David M. Suter4Institute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneInstitute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneInstitute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneInstitute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneInstitute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausannePhenotypically identical mammalian cells often display considerable variability in transcript levels of individual genes. Here the authors document how different genes propagate their expression levels in cell lineages and suggest a potential role of transcriptional memory for generating spatial patterns of gene expression.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09189-8
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title Memory and relatedness of transcriptional activity in mammalian cell lineages
title_full Memory and relatedness of transcriptional activity in mammalian cell lineages
title_fullStr Memory and relatedness of transcriptional activity in mammalian cell lineages
title_full_unstemmed Memory and relatedness of transcriptional activity in mammalian cell lineages
title_short Memory and relatedness of transcriptional activity in mammalian cell lineages
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