Molecular noise, or random fluctuations in the levels of cellular components, arises spontaneously when there are small numbers of molecules and is transmitted to dependent processes. A new study shows how noise propagates through gene expression in yeast and shows that chromosomal position has a more central role than previously thought.
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Paulsson, J. Prime movers of noisy gene expression. Nat Genet 37, 925–926 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0905-925
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